Comment 46 for bug 585938

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Jawaid Bazyar (jb-forethought) wrote : Re: r8192se_pci + powertop (iwpriv -a) = kernel panic

Even though the new driver did cure the powertop and iwpriv issues, I am still experiencing panics.

/var/log/messages:
Dec 31 11:01:18 bazyar-laptop kernel: [68052.331396] rtl8192se_update_ratr_table: ratr_index=0 ratr_table=0x00000ff5
Dec 31 11:03:18 bazyar-laptop kernel: [68172.126195] rtl8192se_update_ratr_table: ratr_index=0 ratr_table=0x00000ff5
Dec 31 11:05:18 bazyar-laptop kernel: [68291.907083] rtl8192se_update_ratr_table: ratr_index=0 ratr_table=0x00000ff5
Dec 31 11:07:18 bazyar-laptop kernel: [68411.714734] rtl8192se_update_ratr_table: ratr_index=0 ratr_table=0x00000ff5

I seem to get these every 2 minutes. They're all the same except the timestamp.

I'm definitely using the new driver:

bazyar@bazyar-laptop:/var/log$ modinfo r8192se_pci
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-26-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/r8192se_pci.ko
license: GPL
version: 0019.1207.2010
author: Copyright(c) 2008 - 2010 Realsil Semiconductor Corporation <email address hidden>
description: Linux driver for Realtek RTL819x WiFi cards
srcversion: B35243106478C16B758F56E
alias: pci:v000010ECd00008174sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000010ECd00008173sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000010ECd00008172sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000010ECd00008171sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000010ECd00008192sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:
vermagic: 2.6.32-26-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: ifname: Net interface name, wlan%d=default (charp)
parm: hwwep: Try to use hardware WEP support(default use hw. set 0 to use software security) (int)
parm: channels: Channel bitmask for specific locales. NYI (int)

Kernel:

bazyar@bazyar-laptop:/var/log$ uname -a
Linux bazyar-laptop 2.6.32-26-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 24 10:14:11 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I guess I need to figure out how to capture the kernel panic info next.