From: Jiri Benc Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 08:10:47 +0000 (-0400) Subject: [PATCH] orinoco: fix BAP0 offset error after several days of operation X-Git-Tag: v2.6.18-rc1~1115^2~88^2~35 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2c1bd26035491cd0ba7e49be6ed610fc4912fef9;p=linux-2.6 [PATCH] orinoco: fix BAP0 offset error after several days of operation After several days of operation of Netgear MA311 card, the card becomes to seek improperly and needs reset. This patch tries to reset the card when this situation occurs. Mar 9 06:45:16 berkeley kernel: wlan0: Error -5 writing packet to BAP Mar 9 06:45:16 berkeley kernel: hermes @ f992a000: BAP0 offset error: reg=0x4044 id=0x128 offset=0x44 Mar 9 06:45:16 berkeley kernel: wlan0: Error -5 writing packet to BAP Mar 9 06:45:16 berkeley kernel: hermes @ f992a000: BAP0 offset error: reg=0x4044 id=0x128 offset=0x44 (etc.) A more detailed description of the problem can be found at https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=154773 The same problem with different card is reported at http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=14597046 Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c index 4d6373814b..80cf6fba37 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c @@ -536,6 +536,8 @@ static int orinoco_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) return NETDEV_TX_OK; busy: + if (err == -EIO) + schedule_work(&priv->reset_work); orinoco_unlock(priv, &flags); return NETDEV_TX_BUSY; }