2.4.23-rc5-pac1 released

2.4.23-rc5-pac1 released

[Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]

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Changes:
- Sync with 2.4.23-rc5
- Update forcedeth driver
- Increase timeout in firmware_class.c [several people reported timeout
  related problems with Netgear WG511 cards]

LLaP
bero

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Re: 2.4.23-rc5-pac1 released

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Bernhard,

> - Increase timeout in firmware_class.c [several people reported timeout
>   related problems with Netgear WG511 cards]

please tell me more about it.

Regards

Marcel

Re: 2.4.23-rc5-pac1 released

[Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Marcel Holtmann wrote:

> Hi Bernhard,
> 
> > - Increase timeout in firmware_class.c [several people reported timeout
> >   related problems with Netgear WG511 cards]
> 
> please tell me more about it.

Extract from the syslog of a user trying to use a Netgear WG511 with the 
prism54.org drivers in a Dell SmartStep 250N:

Nov 18 15:14:52 rumsfeldsux kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 4): vendor 0x1260, device 0x3890
Nov 18 15:14:52 rumsfeldsux kernel: PCI: Enabling device 04:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
Nov 18 15:14:52 rumsfeldsux cardmgr[1098]: socket 1: CardBus hotplug device
Nov 18 15:14:52 rumsfeldsux default.hotplug[1837]: ======= START HOTPLUG FOR PID 1837 =======
Nov 18 15:14:53 rumsfeldsux kernel: Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.0.2.2
Nov 18 15:14:53 rumsfeldsux default.hotplug[1862]: ======= START HOTPLUG FOR PID 1862 =======
Nov 18 15:14:53 rumsfeldsux default.hotplug[1870]: ======= START HOTPLUG FOR PID 1870 =======
Nov 18 15:15:03 rumsfeldsux kernel: prism54: request_firmware() failed for 'isl3890'
Nov 18 15:15:03 rumsfeldsux kernel: eth1: could not upload firmware ('isl3890')

We got a similar report from someone using the same card in an Asus 
Pundit, and another from someone using a D-Link DWL-g650 A1 in a 
Gericom notebook.

Telling the users to

echo 100 >/proc/driver/firmware/timeout

and try again fixed it for all of them.

All 3 are using Ark Linux Dockyard, meaning 2.4.23-rcsomething-pacwhatever 
with a couple of extra patches and a fairly recent userland hotplug.

Due to lack of hardware I haven't yet figured out what the exact problem 
is (I'm suspecting either the prism54 driver takes forever to handle the 
firmware, or the hotplug scripts cause delays where they shouldn't), but 
increasing the timeout definitely solves the problem for our users.

LLaP
bero

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