Return-path: Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.29]:44041 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756621AbYLKNsy (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:48:54 -0500 Message-ID: (sfid-20081211_144901_601922_AD8212B2) Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:48:52 +0500 From: "Alexander E. Patrakov" To: "reinette chatre" Subject: Re: iwlagn interrupt problem Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <1228929548.18730.21.camel@rc-desk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 References: <1228929548.18730.21.camel@rc-desk> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2008/12/10 reinette chatre : > The messages you refer to are printed because a user space app > (wpa_supplicant or network manager) brings the wireless interface down > and up. Interrupts are disabled when interface is brought down and > reenabled when interface is brought up. OK. > The unresponsiveness is due to a bug that was fixed recently. The > patches have been merged into wireless-testing repo and will be included > in 2.6.29. If you want to try > the individual patches, please try: > http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122824886623698&w=2 > http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122849275528102&w=2 These individual patches don't apply to 2.6.27.6, so I installed today's compat-wireless-2.6, and it seems to work. Thanks! OTOH, are these patches a material for backporting into -stable? -- Alexander E. Patrakov