Bug 131516

Summary:	excessive kernel logging / madwifi using old interface
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	Dirk Mueller <dmueller>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Joachim Gleissner <joachim.gleissner>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	unspecified
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Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
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Description Dirk Mueller 2005-10-30 17:58:09 UTC

since switching to 2.6.14 I get this in syslog: 

Oct 30 18:39:34 schleppi kernel: ath0 (WE) : Driver using old /proc/net/wireless support, please fix driver !
Oct 30 18:40:05 schleppi last message repeated 123 times
Oct 30 18:41:06 schleppi last message repeated 244 times
Oct 30 18:42:07 schleppi last message repeated 244 times
Oct 30 18:43:08 schleppi last message repeated 244 times


which produces a load of roughly 0.08 - 0.1. I'd call that excessive. 

a possible patch (rather than just rate-limiting this insane verbose logging) is here: 

http://madwifi.org/ticket/73

imho rate limiting this warning would very much sense.

Comment 1 Joachim Gleissner 2005-11-02 09:51:41 UTC

The patch is for the new madwifi driver, not the one we have in our kernel tree. I'll check the patch when updating the madwifi driver.

Comment 2 Dirk Mueller 2005-11-30 09:24:18 UTC

the new wifi driver is in now.. PING

Comment 3 Dirk Mueller 2005-11-30 09:24:45 UTC

actually I think the excessive logging is gone

Comment 4 Joachim Gleissner 2005-11-30 09:31:41 UTC

Yes, mainstream madwifi-ng has the patch.