On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 01:32:19PM -0500, Dan wrote:
Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Charles Curley wrote:
>
>>I can't explain it, but I may have a less drastic work-around. I had a
>>similar glitch yesterday. I rmmoded the ipw2200 driver, and modprobed
>>it. It's been fine since.
>>
>>I do have a lot of this:
>>
>>Mar 1 20:25:51 dragon kernel: ipw2200: Firmware error detected.
>>Restarting.
>>Mar 1 20:25:51 dragon kernel: ipw2200: Sysfs 'error' log already
>>exists.
>>Mar 1 20:44:22 dragon kernel: ipw2200: Firmware error detected.
>>Restarting.
>>Mar 1 20:44:22 dragon kernel: ipw2200: Sysfs 'error' log already
>>exists.
>>
>>I wonder if it's related to suspending to memory a lot.
>
>
>I don't think so. It appears to be a driver or firmware issue. As a
>workaround, try adding
>
> options ipw2200 hwcrypto=0
>
>to /etc/modprobe.conf. It seems to drastically reduce the number of
>these errors.
>
>If you are bold and want to try the latest drivers (which may fix the
>porblem), see
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml.
>
[quote]
* Wed Mar 1 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com> [2.6.15-1.1833_FC4]
- 2.6.15.5
* Tue Feb 21 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Add boot delay debug patch.
* Mon Feb 20 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Make monitor mode work for ipw2200
- Add another mp3 player to the usb unusual device list. (#176584)
* Sun Feb 19 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Bump minimum requirements for module-init-tools & udev
- Make 16C950 UARTs work.
* Thu Feb 16 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Fix PMTU NAT bug.
* Thu Feb 16 2006 John W. Linville <linville(a)redhat.com>
- Set ipw2200 hwcrypto option to 0 to avoid firmware restarts.
[/quote]
Some fixes in the latest stable kernel update for ipw2200 (including the
hwcrypto=0). Try it out.
I thought from this message then kernel-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4
was now
available. I can't find it. Is it stable and available?
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