linux-kernel - Re: iwl3945 bug in 2.6.34

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Message-ID: <1274830187.2091.17034.camel@rchatre-DESK>
Date:	Tue, 25 May 2010 16:29:47 -0700
From:	reinette chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:	Satish Eerpini <eerpini@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: iwl3945 bug in 2.6.34

Hi Satish,

On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 15:08 -0700, reinette chatre wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 11:33 -0700, reinette chatre wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-05-22 at 23:25 -0700, Satish Eerpini wrote:
> > 
> > > No probe response from AP 00:1b:da:2a:a1:53 after 500ms, disconnecting.
> > > iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Error sending REPLY_RXON: time out after 500ms.
> > > iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Error setting new configuration (-110).
> > > iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Error sending REPLY_RXON: time out after 500ms.
> > > iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Error setting new configuration (-110).
> > 
> > This did not use to be an issue with 3945 and unfortunately we do not
> > know what is triggering it now. Please try the "Enable stuck queue
> > detection on 3945" patch that is attached to
> > http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1834 as a
> > workaround.
> 
> Actually, sorry, but that patch will not work on 2.6.34 since the
> feature it enables is not present there - it will be in 2.6.35 though.
> To enable the feature in 2.6.34 will take some more backporting effort
> that I'm looking into now.

Please try the attached two patches.

Reinette


View attachment "0001-iwlwifi-Recover-TX-flow-stall-due-to-stuck-queue.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (18496 bytes)

View attachment "0002-iwl3945-enable-stuck-queue-detection-on-3945.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (1168 bytes)