Re: Kernel crash problem and Madwifi

[Erik Mouw <erik@harddisk-recovery.com>]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 08:35:49PM +0530, govind raj wrote:
> kernel version:2.4.29
> board :net4521
> wireless card : Atheros-5212
> diriver  madwifi-cvs-current.tar.bz2(v 1.30 2005/02/22)

According to the FAQ at http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk/madwifi-1.htm#2 ,
Madwifi is based on a binary-only module.

> I built the customized image  from 2.4.29 and  booted from this image

[...]

> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address e49aac30
> printing eip:
> c4878019
> *pde = 00000000
> Oops: 0000
> CPU:    0
> EIP:    0010:[<c4878019>]    Tainted: P

Yes, tainted by a proprietary licensed module. Sorry, lkml is not able
to help you with binary-only modules. Ask whoever supplied your driver
for support.

> EFLAGS: 00010246
> eax: 0804ab74   ebx: c3d76000   ecx: 00000000   edx: 00000000
> esi: c3d76000   edi: c3d76348   ebp: c3d76000   esp: c3c09ed0
> ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
> Process ifconfig (pid: 116, stackpage=c3c09000)
> Stack: 0804ab74 c3d7615c 00000000 c3c54000 0804ab74 c3d76000 00000000 
> 00001043
>      00000000 c01a5484 c3d76000 c3d76000 00001002 c01a66c1 c3d76000 
> c3c09f54
>      c3c09f59 c3c2b144 bffffa10 c01dd219 c3d76000 00001043 00000000 
> 00000000
> Call Trace:    [<c01a5484>] [<c01a66c1>] [<c01dd219>] [<c019eeca>] 
> [<c014163e>]
> [<c0106dc3>]

Next time run the oops through ksymoops. Undecoded oopses are almost
useless.


Erik

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