linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic: ipw2200 module using 100% cpu

[Moses Moore]

Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic
Version: 2.6.27-7.10
Severity: normal


Used 'update-manager -d' to go from hardy to intrepid.
After the reboot, noticed that nm-applet was missing from panel.
Started it myself.  It tried to get a wifi connection, despite there
being a wired connection already.  Ctrl-C killed nm-applet.

Now I've got 100% cpu usage, and the top consumer is process 
[ipw2200/0], a kernel module.

   PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
  2741 root      15  -5     0    0    0 R 94.2  0.0   7:58.42 ipw2200/0
  6038 root      20   0  222m  20m 8352 S  1.3  2.1   0:42.44 Xorg
  1919 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.7  0.0   0:00.40 scsi_eh_1

I see other people had this problem in the past, but previous reports
were marked "insufficient information."  I'm willing to run tests to
help figure this out, esp. if I'm not the only one.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
   APT prefers intrepid-updates
   APT policy: (500, 'intrepid-updates'), (500, 'intrepid-security'), 
(500, 'intrepid')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils 6.10-6ubuntu1       The GNU core utilities
ii  dpkg                 1.14.20ubuntu6      Debian package management 
system
ii  initramfs-tools      0.92bubuntu15       tools for generating an 
initramfs
ii  module-init-tools    3.3-pre11-4ubuntu14 tools for managing Linux 
kernel mo

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic recommends:
ii  grub                     0.97-29ubuntu41 GRand Unified Bootloader

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