Bug#492251: madwifi-source: 0.9.4+r3698.20080604.hal20080528-1 crashes with 2.6.25-7

Thu Jul 24 16:55:55 UTC 2008

Package: madwifi-source
Version: 1:0.9.4+r3698.20080604.hal20080528-1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainers,

After upgrading to madwifi-source 0.9.4+r3698.20080604.hal20080528-1 
kernel 2.6.25-7 crashes repeating:

Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.782901] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: P         2.6.25-2-686 #1
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.782933]  [<f8bc5fc3>] ieee80211_input+0x156d/0x1585 [wlan]
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783005]  [<f8bdae1c>] ieee80211_input_monitor+0x6a8/0x6e4 [wlan]
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783096]  [<c024eb66>] copy_skb_header+0x18/0x69
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783120]  [<f8bc6056>] ieee80211_input_all+0x7b/0x9d [wlan]
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783193]  [<f8c07497>] ath_rx_tasklet+0x61c/0x8a2 [ath_pci]
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783231]  [<c011ab3c>] activate_task+0x1b/0x26
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783246]  [<c011de94>] try_to_wake_up+0xc7/0xd0
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783281]  [<c012872f>] tasklet_action+0x58/0xb8
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783295]  [<c0128305>] __do_softirq+0x66/0xd3
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783312]  [<c01283b7>] do_softirq+0x45/0x53
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783324]  [<c012865a>] irq_exit+0x35/0x67
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783333]  [<c0109f1b>] do_IRQ+0x52/0x63
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783352]  [<c0108257>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x28
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783378]  [<c01500d8>] audit_filter_rules+0x2b4/0x6b4
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783397]  [<f8828266>] acpi_idle_enter_simple+0x196/0x204 [processor]
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783440]  [<f8827e7c>] acpi_idle_enter_bm+0xc3/0x317 [processor]
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783476]  [<c0246ea6>] cpuidle_idle_call+0x5b/0x89
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783490]  [<c0246e4b>] cpuidle_idle_call+0x0/0x89
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783504]  [<c01065c9>] cpu_idle+0xa1/0xc1
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   43.783534]  =======================
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: P         2.6.25-2-686 #1
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<f8bc5fc3>] ieee80211_input+0x156d/0x1585 [wlan]
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<f8bdae1c>] ieee80211_input_monitor+0x6a8/0x6e4 [wlan]
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<c024eb66>] copy_skb_header+0x18/0x69
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<f8bc6056>] ieee80211_input_all+0x7b/0x9d [wlan]
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<f8c07497>] ath_rx_tasklet+0x61c/0x8a2 [ath_pci]
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<c012872f>] tasklet_action+0x58/0xb8
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<c0128305>] __do_softirq+0x66/0xd3
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<c01283b7>] do_softirq+0x45/0x53
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<c012865a>] irq_exit+0x35/0x67
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<c0109f1b>] do_IRQ+0x52/0x63
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<c0108257>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x28
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<c01500d8>] audit_filter_rules+0x2b4/0x6b4
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<f8828266>] acpi_idle_enter_simple+0x196/0x204 [processor]
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<f8827e7c>] acpi_idle_enter_bm+0xc3/0x317 [processor]
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<c0246ea6>] cpuidle_idle_call+0x5b/0x89
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<c0246e4b>] cpuidle_idle_call+0x0/0x89
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  [<c01065c9>] cpu_idle+0xa1/0xc1
Jul 23 07:50:37 defiant kernel: [   44.027403]  =======================

Hardware:
$ lspci -vv | grep Atheros
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)

Kernel Messages:
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.357038] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.358313] ath_hal: 0.10.5.6 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413 , RF5413, RF2133, RF2425, RF2417)
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.381442] wlan: svn r3698
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.408329] ath_pci: svn r3698
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.424416] MC'97 0 converters and GPIO not ready (0x1)
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.425175] PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.425230] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKE] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.872749] MadWifi: ath_attach: HAL managed transmit power control (TPC) disabled.
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.872825] MadWifi: ath_attach: Interference mitigation is supported.  Currently disabled.
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.873607] MadWifi: ath_attach: Switching rfkill capability off.
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.886865] ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (svn r3698)
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.889398] wifi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.889730] wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.889927] wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.890380] wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.890677] wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.890875] wifi0: Atheros AR5213A chip found (MAC 5.9, PHY 2112 4.3, Radio 3.6)
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.890993] wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.891038] wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.891083] wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.891128] wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.891174] wifi0: Use hw queue 4 for XR traffic
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.891218] wifi0: Use hw queue 7 for UAPSD traffic
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.891263] wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.891307] wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
Jul 23 07:50:25 defiant kernel: [   11.908969] ath_pci: wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0x58000000, irq=10

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages madwifi-source depends on:
ii  bzip2                         1.0.5-0.1  high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  debhelper                     7.0.15     helper programs for debian/rules
ii  module-assistant              0.10.11.0  tool to make module package creati

madwifi-source recommends no packages.

Versions of packages madwifi-source suggests:
pn  kernel-pac <none>                        (no description available)
ii  madwifi-to 1:0.9.4+r3685.20080531+dfsg-1 tools for the Multiband Atheros Dr

-- no debconf information