Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
>>
>> ------------------
>> From: Larry Finger <[email protected]>
>>
>> There is a kernel oops on bcm43xx when resuming due to an overly tight timeout loop.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
>>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> --- linux-2.6.18.7.orig/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h
>> +++ linux-2.6.18.7/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h
>> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
>> #define PFX KBUILD_MODNAME ": "
>>
>> #define BCM43xx_SWITCH_CORE_MAX_RETRIES 50
>> -#define BCM43xx_IRQWAIT_MAX_RETRIES 50
>> +#define BCM43xx_IRQWAIT_MAX_RETRIES 100
>>
>> #define BCM43xx_IO_SIZE 8192
>
> I'm sorry, but this does not look like fixing an oops. It may make it
> go away for you, or make it less probable, but it certainly can't fix
> it.
Upon resume, it was taking 65 times through the loop, which caused an oops. We think it is due to a
slow-clock setting at that point, but it certainly does get rid of the oops. This change has also
eliminated the odd oops seen by a few users.
Larry
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