Re: wpi0 related kernel crashes

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:04:14 +0200
Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 11:28:56PM +0930, Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:
> > syncing disk... wpi0: fatal firmware error
> 
> The fatal firmware error is often only a sign that interrupts haven't
> been processed long enough.
> 
Interesting -- in normal operation, what causes that?  (I'm accustomed
to that happening when I start X, but it's more likely to happen in
normal operation when I'm in a high-wireless traffic environment.)


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb