On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Steven Noonan <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez > <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Please test the following patch. >> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.c >> index c262ef2..9a51739 100644 >> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.c >> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.c >> @@ -681,10 +681,12 @@ int ath_open(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath9k_channel *initial_chan) >> * Enable MIB interrupts when there are hardware phy counters. >> * Note we only do this (at the moment) for station mode. >> */ >> +#if 0 >> if (ath9k_hw_phycounters(ah) && >> ((sc->sc_ah->ah_opmode == ATH9K_M_STA) || >> (sc->sc_ah->ah_opmode == ATH9K_M_IBSS))) >> sc->sc_imask |= ATH9K_INT_MIB; >> +#endif >> /* >> * Some hardware processes the TIM IE and fires an >> * interrupt when the TIM bit is set. For hardware >> > > It didn't apply to -rc7, but I managed to apply it manually > (apparently you made this for wireless-testing?) and added the #if 0. > After 7 hours uptime with the driver, no apparent interrupt storm. > > I'll do more thorough testing later, but I have a 3 hour drive today, > and some packing to do, so it'll need to wait a bit. Yeah I did it for wireless-testing. Good to hear this so far has solved the issue. I'll port it to 27 and post it once I get your blessings that this fixed it by a Tested-by. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
