System freezes with 2.6.33

[yhager at yhager.com]

On 12:21 Thu 22 Apr     , Larry Finger wrote:
> On 04/22/2010 11:12 AM, yhager at yhager.com wrote:
> > I have tested the same kernel, with CONFIG_B43_FORCE_PIO=y. The
> > results are mostly the same. Full system freeze. Turning the radio off
> > avoids the freeze. Turning the radio on would not immediately freeze -
> > only when I tried to connect to a wireless network it did. 
> > I also enabled CONFIG_B43_DEBUG, but no messages on the console that
> > would testify a problem.
> 
> Is it possible for you to test with another mac80211-based wireless
> device? I cannot think of any possibility for the system to lock up when
> b43 is using PIO.

No, sorry, I don't have another device.

> 
> When the freeze occurs, how long do you leave it? There are some CPU
> lockups that take as many as 2 minutes to be recognized by the kernel.
> 

I haven't waited that long. I will test again when I have the chance.

> In Archlinux, how difficult is it to incorporate source from an external
> tree and build the kernel?
> 

Not difficult at all.

--y