On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 12:14:21PM -0500, Gregory Franks wrote:

On 2010-01-07, at 11:51 AM, Marcus Meissner wrote:

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SUSE Security Announcement

Package: kernel Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2010:00

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Also, the rt2870 and rt2860 drivers were refreshed to the level they are in the Linux 2.6.32 kernel, bringing new device support and new functionality.

I gather yast2 installed this kernel recently as part of an update. Alas, I was using the rt8270 driver for a linksys wireless N card. This device was a bit of a pain to get going (i.e, I've had to set it up manually). With this update, things have gone from a minor inconvenience to a kernel hang. iwconfig doesn't appear to change any settings (like the mode from auto to managed, and the encryption to open, etc). Then, when I tell the card to come up (without encryption), the kernel now hangs. I've reverted back to an older orinco-based card for now.

Is there anyone else using this driver and having troubles too?

Yes, we had several reports. Do not install the kernel for now (or backrev to the GA version). Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org