Return-path: Received: from senator.holtmann.net ([87.106.208.187]:46181 "EHLO mail.holtmann.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751017AbYKMEOt (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:14:49 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.3] (jta11.roonets.jp [61.202.201.248]) by mail.holtmann.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ED898B2E5 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:14:47 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: (sfid-20081113_051455_641044_00367D3B) From: Marcel Holtmann To: linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Subject: Issue with ifconfig down and 4965 driver Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:14:42 +0100 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi guys, so I am running a 2.6.28-rc4 kernel and every time I stop wpa_supplicant or call ifconfig down on the 4965 card, I get a user noticeable delay (mouse freezes). Seems that some part inside the driver is actively sleeping with a busy-loop. This is really not an acceptable behavior since it is a day-to-day task to bring the device down. And for power concerns, we really wanna allow to bring down the interface. Regards Marcel