[driverloader] Driverloader causing system freeze

Linuxant support (Jonathan) support at linuxant.com
Thu Nov 25 09:42:28 EST 2004


Hi,

Could you please send at support at linuxant.com the output of 'dumpdiag'? 
Type the following in a root shell:

---
dldrconfig --dumpdiag
---

Just send us the generated file located in /tmp 
('driverloaderdiag.txt'). It'll help us solve the problem.

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com


Peter á Rógvu wrote:
> Hi, 
> I have the same problem.
> Same version of SuSE.
> Same driverloader driver, but with a Linksys WUSB54G card.
> Kernel 2.6.5-7.111-smp.
> Sometimes the message log fills up before the system freezes 
> <snip>
> Nov  6 14:17:58 evilroot kernel:  [<e0a2e450>] 
> dldr_thread+0x0/0x260driverloader]
> Nov  6 14:17:58 evilroot kernel:  [kernel_thread_helper+5/16] 
> kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x10
> Nov  6 14:17:58 evilroot kernel:  [<c0107005>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x10
> Nov  6 14:17:58 evilroot kernel:
> Nov  6 14:17:58 evilroot kernel: bad: scheduling while atomic!
> Nov  6 14:17:58 evilroot kernel: Call Trace:
> Nov  6 14:17:58 evilroot kernel:  [schedule+2633/2784] schedule+0xa49/0xae0
> Nov  6 14:17:58 evilroot kernel:  [<c0123849>] schedule+0xa49/0xae0
> Nov  6 14:17:58 evilroot kernel:  [handle_IRQ_event+47/96] 
> handle_IRQ_event+0x2f/0x60
> Nov  6 14:17:58 evilroot kernel:  [<c010c1cf>] handle_IRQ_event+0x2f/0x60
> Nov  6 14:17:58 evilroot kernel:  [__crc_block_prepare_write+461/2303621] 
> driverloader406_+0x28/
> </snip>
> 
> Onsdag den 24. november 2004 21:40 skrev Jan Elders:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>After having installed
>>driverloader-2.10_k2.6.5_7.111_smp-1suse.i586.rpm.zip for my SuSE 9.1
>>system, my SMC 2835W card works perfect .............. until after a random
>>period of time the system totally freezes (and I have to cut power to
>>restart) !!!!!!
>>Sometimes it works fine for hours, other times it happens already within
>>half an hour. I cannot detect a clear pattern.
>>
>>I tried dldrconfig --enable-workaround=stack but that didn't help.
>>
>>When de-installing the driverloader (and not being able to use the SMC
>>2835W of course) the system does not freeze anymore.
>>Consequently I believe that driverloader is the cause.
>>
>>Before I change my trial certificate into a purchased one, I want to get
>>rid of those freezes.
>>Can anybody help me, please ?
>>
>>Greetings,
> 
> 


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