[Bug 17128] ipw2200 causes kernel panic due to packet over the air

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------- Additional Comments From joe at k12s.phast.umass.edu  2005-10-20 04:49 UTC -------
I can confirm this crash on a Thinkpad T43 using the ipw220 driver (it's
acctually an A/B/G Intel 2915 card)

The crash happens while on A/C, so it's not #6108.

The problem happens infrequently enough for me that I will not be able to assist
in the packet sniffing.  I can confirm, however, that the crash frequency
increases dramatically depending on my physical location.  So I assume it is
something over the air that is causing the issue.  It will happen even if you
don't have an IP address, just having the module loaded is enough
to cause the crash.  I never use wireless, yet I still get this crash.

This would really big and nasty DOS since this appears to affect many laptops,
and the ipw2200 cards are very common.  I can't tell you how much work I've lost
because of this thing already.

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