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1. james
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   If you're using the Intel ipw3945 driver version 1.2.0 or below, this likely applies to you. I was running into a pretty serious issue with my laptop, where the ipw3945 driver (with version 2.6.23.1 of the Linux kernel) caused random kernel oopses every now and then. I was starting to suspect a hardware issue, but googling around revealed that this was actually a known bug in 1.2.0 (the version I had installed), and that it has been fixed since 1.2.1.

   If you suspect you have this same problem, it can be fixed by installing v1.2.1 or newer.

   James

   Posted 2 years ago #

2. joe
   Moderator

   What OS and version?

   Posted 2 years ago #

3. james
   Moderator

   It should be independent of the OS (if you're using v1.2.0 of the driver, you'll suffer from the bug no matter which version of the kernel you use.)

   Posted 2 years ago #

4. joe
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   I guess we should point out to our FreeBSD and *BSD laptop and tablet users that this fix is for Linux only, but that if the BSD-based drivers are based on the Linux drivers, as they often are (although more often the other way around!), that the fact the bug is fixed in Linux means that it may soon propagate over to the BSD-based drivers as well, soon.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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