Re: b43 locks the machine when resuming after suspend to disk

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> >This seems very odd though, Giacomo, are you sure it 
> >also happens if you
> >unload the module?
> 
> yes, absolutely (unfortunately). I can unload the module 
> before suspending,
> reload it after resuming, same result; I can actually do 
> any number of
> suspend/resumes, unload and reload the modules any 
> number of times,
> everything still works until I try to ifconfig up the 
> interface, then it
> hangs solid. 

That starts to sound like some core problem -- bug in b43 does not
explain symptoms you see. What other drivers does b43 share interrupt
with? Do those work after resume? Maybe irqpoll helps?

> I am now compining a kernel with the patch you sent, to 
> see whether this
> improves things. I will let you know. By the way, is 
> there a module
> debugging option I could use to cause the b43 and/or 
> mac80211 modules to use
> lots of printk's, so that I could at least give you a 
> hint as to where the
> code hangs?

Adding printks to b43's resume should be easy...

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