linux-kernel - Re: Unidentified Intel wifi network card

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Message-ID: <20070201040224.GD20418@kallisti.us>
Date:	Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:02:24 -0500
From:	Ross Vandegrift <ross@...listi.us>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc:	wsl3@...ehosting.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, alan@...hat.com,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Subject: Re: Unidentified Intel wifi network card

On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 03:54:55PM -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> Only gotcha I know of:  Sometimes one of the ipw3945d kernel threads will
> hang in a loop if the RFKill switch is set to "kill" when the system comes
> up.  I also don't know how it handles suspend, I don't use that on my D820.

I have a D820 and I had a horrible time with the wireless for a long
time.  Every five minutes or so, the card would flip out and burn 100%
CPU making the box unusable for 15-45 seconds.

The most recent version of the firmware fixed this issue and now
things are much better.

-- 
Ross Vandegrift
ross@...listi.us

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