I have latest snapshot of iwlwifi (1.0.0), and I have a problem, sometimes (not all the times though) I have a kernel panic at boot. I need to reboot many times in order to boot or have the kill switch on to avoid this (in last case, my system hangs when I remove the kill...) I reported it upstream and they asked me if I had all the mac80211-9.x.x patches in kernel. As in bug #185255 there was removed a deadlock, I was wondering if this patches are really needed, and if so, asking a version bump with them. This is the upstream report (with more info of kernel panic): http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1386 I have more panic examples, (in the above bug it occurred when unloading module, but I'll post more info as needed of the new kind of panic) Reproducible: Always
Another upstream example, this one with gentoo-sources: http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1406 Maybe this is all related to mac80211 and needs an urgent upgrade (in the meanwhile 2.6.23 is released?)
In upstream GIT repos [1], you can see that the stable branch has a commit after the 1.0.0 release which works around a kernel panic bug. See this commit: [2]. Can you try saving the patch from [2] (the plain link at the top), copy the iwlwifi ebuild to a local overlay, and apply the patch from the ebuild?
Awesome, I actually forgot to include the links ... [1] http://intellinuxwireless.org/repos/?p=iwlwifi.git;a=shortlog;h=stable [2] http://intellinuxwireless.org/repos/?p=iwlwifi.git;a=commitdiff;h=ff650eca47dd9d3fed5d125fec4eeefa21e9d007 /me goes to drink more coffee
I don't know how to patch files :( I will read some documentation and try.
David, like this: - Copy the iwlwifi directory to a local overlay. - Save the patch under [2], with the 'plain' link on that page, as "iwlwifi-kernel-panic-workaround.patch", and copy it to $LOCAL_OVERLAY/net-wireless/iwlwifi/files - Paste this at the bottom of your LOCAL "iwlwifi-1.0.0.ebuild" (the one you copied in step 1) src_unpack() { unpack ${A} cd "${S}" epatch "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-kernel-panic-workaround.patch" } - go to the directory where you copied "iwlwifi-1.0.0.ebuild" to, and do "ebuild iwlwifi-1.0.0.ebuild manifest" - emerge this new ebuild - unload & reload iwlwifi module (modprobe -r iwl4965 && modprobe -i iwl4965) or reboot
Done, it compiles and installs. Let's see if it works well.. Thanks for the guide anyway :D !! Don't close this, let me test for at least 10 days as this bug is not always reproducible. If within 10 days I don't have any other issue, I'll attach new iwlwifi-1.0.0-r1.ebuild and patch and this can be closed. Thanks again.
I think it is included in upstream 1.0.0-1 snapshot, wich is in the main tree, so this should be fixed. Thanks.
