This patch fixes a bug in madwifi where names for wifi devices are not
allocated during device setup. It fixes some instability on devices which share
IRQ.
Signed-off-by: Vasilis Tsiligiannis <b_tsiligian...@silverton.gr>
---
.../madwifi/patches/434-name-alloc-fix.patch | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 trunk/package/madwifi/patches/434-name-alloc-fix.patch
diff --git a/trunk/package/madwifi/patches/434-name-alloc-fix.patch
b/trunk/package/madwifi/patches/434-name-alloc-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3bb300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trunk/package/madwifi/patches/434-name-alloc-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff -ur madwifi-trunk-r3314/ath/if_ath_ahb.c
madwifi-trunk-r3314.patched/ath/if_ath_ahb.c
+--- madwifi-trunk-r3314/ath/if_ath_ahb.c 2009-05-17 22:16:05.000000000
+0300
++++ madwifi-trunk-r3314.patched/ath/if_ath_ahb.c 2009-05-17
22:15:47.000000000 +0300
+@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@
+ SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
+ sclist[wlanNum] = sc;
+
++ if (dev_alloc_name(dev, dev->name) < 0) {
++ printk(KERN_ERR "%s: cannot allocate name\n", dev_info);
++ goto bad3;
++ }
++
+ switch (wlanNum) {
+ case AR531X_WLAN0_NUM:
+ if (((devid & AR5315_REV_MAJ_M) == AR5315_REV_MAJ) ||
+diff -ur madwifi-trunk-r3314/ath/if_ath_pci.c
madwifi-trunk-r3314.patched/ath/if_ath_pci.c
+--- madwifi-trunk-r3314/ath/if_ath_pci.c 2009-05-17 22:16:05.000000000
+0300
++++ madwifi-trunk-r3314.patched/ath/if_ath_pci.c 2009-05-17
22:15:47.000000000 +0300
+@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@
+ */
+ sc->aps_sc.sc_invalid = 1;
+
++ if (dev_alloc_name(dev, dev->name) < 0) {
++ printk(KERN_ERR "%s: cannot allocate name\n", dev_info);
++ goto bad3;
++ }
++
+ dev->irq = pdev->irq;
+
+ SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
--
1.5.4.3
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