Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 248932
kernel panics -- not sure why
Last modified: 2018-04-11 13:34:33 EDT
Description of problem: sometimes kernel panics. I use ndiswrapper (I have to, my BCM4318 is not supported even in the latest kernels by John Linville) and now in Guadec when I was switching often networks, I got couple of kernel panics. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): both kernel-2.6.22.1-20.fc7 kernel-2.6.22.1-27.fc7 (the latter seems to be worse) How reproducible: from time to time (like twice a day) Steps to Reproduce: 1.use computer, with connection failing anytime (because of overloaded infrastructure), many times switch different networks, etc. 2. 3. Actual results: computer freezes, with ScrollLock and CapsLocks flashing Expected results: everything works fine and the world gets to the peace and harmony Additional info: I am not quite sure for what to look in the /var/log/messages so I am attaching whole thing. Anything more? (this is the first time I am filing bug about kernel panics, so not sure what's required).
Created attachment 159598 [details] /var/log/messages
ndiswrapper will cause problems on fedora kernels. http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/limitations.php The only known fix is to use the linuxant 16k stack kernels.
I can understand that you don't want to get a dirty with binary-only stuff (being desktop team bugmaster I close nvidia/ati bugs every day), however this is a regression -- ndiswrapper works like a charm with 2.6.21 and previous kernels, but not with 2.6.22.