From 2c1bd26035491cd0ba7e49be6ed610fc4912fef9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jiri Benc Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 04:10:47 -0400 Subject: [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 --- drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/net') diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c index 4d6373814b9..80cf6fba379 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; } -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2