Return-path: Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:1995 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754184AbZIKRsv (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:48:51 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/13 v2.6.32 and w-t] iwlwifi: disable powersave for 4965 From: reinette chatre To: "linville@tuxdriver.com" Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" , Johannes Berg In-Reply-To: <1252690699-25796-14-git-send-email-reinette.chatre@intel.com> References: <1252690699-25796-1-git-send-email-reinette.chatre@intel.com> <1252690699-25796-14-git-send-email-reinette.chatre@intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:48:54 -0700 Message-Id: <1252691334.30150.400.camel@rc-desk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 10:38 -0700, Chatre, Reinette wrote: > From: Johannes Berg > > There's a bug in 4965 powersave that appears to > be related to the way it keeps track of its data > during sleep, but we haven't found it yet. Due to > that, using powersave may spontaneously cause the > device to SYSASSERT when transitioning from sleep > to wake. Therefore, disable powersave for 4965, > until (if ever, unfortunately) we can identify > and fix the problem. > > Cf. http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1982 > which was closed, but now has re-appeared with > IDLE mode, which probably means we never really > fixed it. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg > Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre > --- This patch only applies to wireless-testing (as it is based on an earlier patch in this series that does not target 2.6.32). I will send a different version that applies cleanly onto 2.6.32. Sorry for inconvenience. Reinette