This kernel is definitely an improvement. In the case below the machine survived three "Firmware error detected" messages without having to allocate memory:
-> machine reboot Sep 8 22:13:08 centrino kernel: [ 27.629943] ipw_alloc_fwbuf(6464) Sep 8 22:13:08 centrino kernel: [ 27.657615] ipw_free_fwbuf(6464) Sep 8 22:13:08 centrino kernel: [ 27.657620] ipw_alloc_fwbuf(168336) ... Sep 9 15:00:53 centrino kernel: [60498.519701] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting. Sep 9 21:44:53 centrino kernel: [84738.557118] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting. Sep 11 17:00:55 centrino kernel: [240501.108055] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting. ... The firmware is simply reloaded and the connection is reestablished. So I would assume the problem never was ipw2200. Could it be that some other kernel module eats up the precious kind of memory that ipw2200 previously needed to reload its firmware? I have something in mind like Bug #328232 where the values in /proc/dri/0/gem_objects keep constantly growing. It would make sense that machines having an ipw2200 WLAN adapter also use an Intel graphics chipset. At least my setup and that of the original poster match this configuration. -- ipw2200 page allocation fault - no wlan until reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363150 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
