Bug 131516 - excessive kernel logging / madwifi using old interface
Summary: excessive kernel logging / madwifi using old interface
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: Joachim Gleissner
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Reported: 2005-10-30 17:58 UTC by Dirk Mueller
Modified: 2007-06-05 10:05 UTC (History)
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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.