From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754100AbZJPVW6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:22:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751294AbZJPVW5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:22:57 -0400 Received: from mail-yw0-f202.google.com ([209.85.211.202]:48619 "EHLO mail-yw0-f202.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751287AbZJPVW5 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:22:57 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vJd9y6v8WM/xmEW2BFOECmBavbVfI1up1+9UscTdPLo14CAiVQ+PO5kkuHSiWs3/qj sosgnSa9IEtI2XelkHebrdFzZROoQUYOQS7NWgJgqYU3y06cctLiNbQ8CyUbdq5SqAYz 7x1N0BKOggtTYwRaWDJoe5txemfj57LtaWImM= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200910162246.45678.elendil@planet.nl> References: <200910162246.45678.elendil@planet.nl> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:23:01 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Regression] - 2.6.32-rc5 hangs using rfkill on an eeePC From: Fabio Comolli To: Frans Pop Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rjw@sisk.pl, Darren Salt , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi. On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Frans Pop wrote: > Fabio Comolli wrote: >> Pressing rfkill button on my eeePC 900 to disable wireless hangs the >> system. >> >> In console I can see (warning: what follows is copied by hand): >> >> acpid: client 148[6:100] has disconnected >> ACPI group/action not found: hotkey / ATKD >> unregister netdevice: waiting for wlan0 to become free; usage count=1 >> (last line repeats forever). Hard reset is needed. >> >> With any previous kernel version (I'm running -rc4 right now) everything >> works: >> >> ACPI group/action undefined: hotkey / ATKD >> ath5k 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A disabled > > AFAICT there are only two commits since -rc4 that are likely candidates: > > commit b56ab33d68638e6aafdbfc694025e8354a628f49 > Author: Darren Salt > Date:   Tue Oct 13 00:13:33 2009 +0200 >    eeepc-laptop: Prevent a panic when disabling RT2860 wireless when >                  associated > > commit 0af49167b1e5ba154e90d2c454bf4624ee47df80 > Author: Darren Salt > Date:   Wed Oct 14 02:19:22 2009 +0100 >    Staging: rt2860sta: prevent a panic when disabling when associated > > They look related and which one is relevant for you probably depends on > which driver you're using. > > Could you try reverting them both to see if that solves the problem? I already answered my own post in the thread: the culprit is: eeepc-laptop: Prevent a panic when disabling RT2860 wireless when associated Funnily enough, my eeePC has an Atheros card. > > Cheers, > FJP > Regards, Fabio