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Bug 859725 - Wireless iwl3945 after kernel 2.6.32-220.23.1 broke
Summary: Wireless iwl3945 after kernel 2.6.32-220.23.1 broke
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 827193
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 6.3
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Stanislaw Gruszka
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-09-23 14:56 UTC by Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
Modified: 2013-03-05 22:19 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-10-03 12:14:31 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Relevant part of /var/log/messages (61.95 KB, text/plain)
2012-09-29 13:41 UTC, Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
no flags Details

Description Paulo Roma Cavalcanti 2012-09-23 14:56:05 UTC
Description of problem:

If I use any kernel of the 2.6.32-279 series
my laptop (Dell Vostro 1400) freezes after sometime,
and a blue light starts to blink on the keyboard.
I have to shut down by holding the power button... 

My kernel is tainted because I use the proprietary nvidia
driver, but the culprit is the iwl3945 module. 

 
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Kernel 2.6.32-279.5.2.el6.x86_64 was my last unsuccessful attempt.

How reproducible:

Just boot in any recent rhel6 kernel and wait some time ...

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:


Expected results:

Kernel should work as before the 279 series.

Additional info:

Kernel 2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64 works just fine.

Comment 2 John W. Linville 2012-09-28 15:26:09 UTC
Perhaps you can tell us what makes you think that iwl3945 is the problem?

Comment 3 Paulo Roma Cavalcanti 2012-09-29 13:41:36 UTC
Created attachment 619049 [details]
Relevant part of /var/log/messages

kernel used 2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.x86_64

Comment 4 Paulo Roma Cavalcanti 2012-09-29 13:50:50 UTC
The network works for a few minutes
and then the connection is lost. 
If I leave the system running this way, it just freezes.

This has been happening since the first 279 kernel,
with either the stock RedHat kernel or Centos. I tried
everything I could. It only works with kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1
or below.

I run rhel6 on several other desktop/notebooks with
no problem at all, but this is the only notebook I have 
with this wireless hardware from Dell...

Comment 5 Stanislaw Gruszka 2012-10-03 12:14:31 UTC
This is memory leak which will be fixed on RHEL6.4 . If you need that fix in RHEL6.3 you have to contact official RH support.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 827193 ***

Comment 6 Cristian Gheorghe Florescu 2013-03-05 22:19:08 UTC
There is any workaround until kernel upgrade ...???

I've the same issue on HP 6710b ...

P.S.
I almost proceed to change my hdd until I identified that is a bug.
SATA hdd freeze and kernel coud not manage current tasks in terms of IO.

Thank you


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