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: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:27:23 -0800
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On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 01:45 -0800, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Reinette,
> 
> >> 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
> 
> all information are already in the Bugzilla. It is nothing fancy and
> easy to reproduce. Do we have a patch for it?
> 

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Reinette