Comment 0 for bug 254837

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.26-5-generic

Hello,
I have a Senao NL-2511CD Plus Ext2 on a Dell Inspiron 4150 notebook running Ubuntu Intrepid (development release) with the latest kernel 2.6.26-5. I have observed this behavior in kernel releases since Gutsy (when I started using linux on this laptop with this card).

Whenever the card is inserted on boot, a kernel panic occurs on the hostap_cs drivers (see screenshot).
If I insert the card once all the modules are loaded, it detects, works and acts normally with no errors in dmesg.

I am aware of the existing bug where the orinoco drivers are loaded along with the hostap drivers when detecting these cards, and I have blacklisted the orinoco drivers. Regardless, this happens with or without the orinoco drivers blacklisted.

Here is the output from hostap_diag:

NICID: id=0x800c v1.0.0 (PRISM II (2.5) PCMCIA (SST parallel flash))
PRIID: id=0x0015 v1.1.1
STAID: id=0x001f v1.8.2 (station firmware)

I had the stock firmware on the card and flashed it to see if it made a difference, and it doesn't.

What REALLY threw me for a loop was when I was trying to get console output via serial to post the debugging output of this crash (booting with linux option console=ttyS0,9600,8,n,1), it would detect the card and not crash while booting! But, I got a framebuffer driver working nicely and managed to snap a picture.