Re: [Madwifi-devel] panic: ath0=ap + ath1=sta ==> soggy cornflakes

[Michael R. <ma...@no...>]

Hi.

On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 13:19 -0500, John Denker wrote:
>   1b) I had to hand-type the stack trace.  Setting up a serial console was a
>   complete waste of time;  no crash info appeared on the serial console.

Did you use the "console=ttyS0" kernel boot parameter?

>   6) Question:  has anybody tried to reproduce this bug?

Not yet, but I'll try so this week if everything works as planned. I
finally have some test equipment at hands again, so I will test
madwifi-ng a bit soon.

>   reproducible chez moi.  Am I the only person who has ever tried to
>   instantiate an ap and a sta on the same card?

No, I remember someone on #madwifi talking about such a setup.

>   7) If I may make a process suggestion:  On a project of this size, it
>   helps to have a suite of regression tests.

That's something I'll have in mind, too. My first approach is to test
proper compilation against stock kernels of different popular distros,
including vanilla kernels.

The next step would be regression testing on a defined platform - which
will be a bit problematic atm, since I don't have the necessary hardware
at hands for that. While my desktop PC would be powerful enough for
regular compilation and regression testing, it has no Atheros-based WLAN
inside. My boxes with Atheros-based WLANs on the other hand are embedded
boxes with flash disks, 266 MHz CPU and no compiler onboard...

Anyway, I'd like to see proposals for possible regression test cases.
I'll find a way to work around the "no WLAN hardware in desktop PC" :)

Bye, Mike