Re: Kernel 2.3.5/PCMCIA 3.0.12 hot swap problem
Derrick J Brashear (shadow@dementia.org)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 19:01:23 -0400 (EDT)
> They may be known, but not by me. I've fixed all the network drivers
> to not call unregister_netdev() from timer context: I did that in
> 3.0.10. I am unaware of other such problems: if they exist, let me
> know, because otherwise, I'm not likely to do anything to fix them.
>
> In Derrick's case, it turned out that he had only verified the bug
> with the Wavelan IEEE card with a post-3.0.10 PCMCIA distribution.
> This driver is not included in the PCMCIA package and hasn't yet been
> updated to work around the problem.
I have a patch for the wvlan 0.2.6 driver if anyone wants it; It's been mailed
to the author but I've not yet heard back. The linux-wlan driver is harder to
patch, so I'm not going to worry about it until the next release.
-D
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