linux-kernel - Re: iwlagn interrupt problem

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Message-ID: <c072ca310812110548s64612ac7icd6e9187aa4af75a@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:48:52 +0500
From:	"Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>
To:	"reinette chatre" <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: iwlagn interrupt problem

2008/12/10 reinette chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>:
> The messages you refer to are printed because a user space app
> (wpa_supplicant or network manager) brings the wireless interface down
> and up. Interrupts are disabled when interface is brought down and
> reenabled when interface is brought up.

OK.

> The unresponsiveness is due to a bug that was fixed recently. The
> patches have been merged into wireless-testing repo and will be included
> in 2.6.29. If you want to try
> the individual patches, please try:
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122824886623698&w=2
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122849275528102&w=2

These individual patches don't apply to 2.6.27.6, so I installed
today's compat-wireless-2.6, and it seems to work. Thanks!

OTOH, are these patches a material for backporting into -stable?

-- 
Alexander E. Patrakov
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