linux-kernel - Interaction issue of intel wifi and broadcom bluetooth - it appears that nobody feels responsible for doing something

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Message-ID: <CAD7Z2ho6KbK3VfO1rJdEX0RN5-trK0=ufYtma_7tMpYKUSq9UQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 5 Jun 2015 01:00:32 +0200
From:	Jonas Thiem <jonasthiem@...glemail.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Interaction issue of intel wifi and broadcom bluetooth - it appears
 that nobody feels responsible for doing something

Hi *,

this is my first post to this mailing list, sorry if it's not supposed
to go here. (also CC in responses would be nice since I'm not
subscribed)

I filed a bug about an intel centrino wifi interaction with broadcom's BCM2045B:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97101

In short, the two seem to kinda fight over the wireless spectrum and
both drop connections all the time - unless the 'iwlwifi' module is
loaded with 11n_disabled=1.

Despite this easy workaround which I would assume also could give some
sort of hint where the problem might be, all I got so far is a
short-worded "Intel can't do much here. Removing Intel. You can ask
for support from Broadcom. Good luck." from the intel person and
infinite silence from whomever is responsible for bluetooth in the
kernel.

Therefore I wanted to ask whom I should file this bug to, and which
sort of sleeping dragon I might need to poke so that more than either
silence or rejection happens.

After all, both wifi and bluetooth headphones working at the same time
is a neat thing. Especially since there's a workaround available, but
the drivers are in their current state apparently not smart enough to
do something like that on their own.

Regards,
Jonas Thiem
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