Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:17580 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752832Ab3JBJW5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Oct 2013 05:22:57 -0400 Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 11:19:35 +0200 From: Stanislaw Gruszka To: Matt Chen Cc: linux-wireless , kvoz123@gmail.com Subject: Re: iwlegacy: iwl4965 reload firmware issue. Message-ID: <20131002091935.GE1442@redhat.com> (sfid-20131002_112301_139596_BFBE06B6) References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 04:17:44PM +0800, Matt Chen wrote: > The restart path is through il_irq_handle_error(il). My question is if > this is a firmware issue, driver issue or hardware issue ? Most likely driver issue, microcode error usually mean that driver provide wrong values to the firmware or differently abuse firmware work. Stanislaw