Subject: Re: Issue with ifconfig down and 4965 driver
From: reinette chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
To: Marcel Holtmann <holtmann@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:48:13 -0800
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On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 20:14 -0800, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> 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.
> 

Please add your information to
http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1790

Reinette