[Linux-wlan-ng-devel] Bug#367790: linux-wlan-ng-source: Setting USB adapter to monitor mode triggers memory leak in kernel

[Frédéric Brière]

On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 10:35:59PM -0400, Frederic Briere wrote:
> I'm currently using a Syntax USB-400 802.11b adaptor built around the
> prism2 chipset.  (These used to be somewhat popular when eCost was

As you might imagine, that adaptor has been gathering dust for several
years now.  I tried to recreate this bug just for fun, but I couldn't
even get it to run with kismet in the first place.  (Although inserting
the adaptor the first time made the kernel crash, so it is apparently
cursed in more than one way.)

At this point, I don't really care what happens to this bug report
anymore.  (Can a bug report be orphaned?)  Four years is an eternity
when it comes to kernel code, and chances are this bug was either fixed,
or morphed into a different bug.  Besides, 11b is as useful as 10Base2
nowadays.

Still, if there's anyone masochistic enough to dare tackle this issue,
I'd be glad to give this adaptor away and mail it to that poor soul,
along with my best wishes.


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