netdev - Regression due to "ath9k: fix going to full-sleep on PS idle"

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Message-ID: <20358.25376.230264.236893@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
Date:	Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:37:44 +0530
From:	Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@....qualcomm.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Heinz Diehl <htd@...cy-poultry.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"linux-wireless Mailing List" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"ath9k-devel@...ts.ath9k.org" <ath9k-devel@...ema.h4ckr.net>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Regression due to "ath9k: fix going to full-sleep on PS idle"

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> You guys need to fix the subject line (like this), and make sure that
> the right people are cc'd. This is not a "stable" issue - stable
> cannot revert stuff that hasn't been reverted upstream.
> 
> So instead of stable and Greg, it should be netdev and Davem.
> 
> David/John: multiple people are complaining about that commit. It
> really should be reverted, or a fix found. It's broken.
> 
> I can do the revert, but it would be better coming from the networking people.

John has already reverted the commit:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless.git;a=commit;h=011afa1ed8c408d694957d2474d89dc81a60b70c

Sujith
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