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Re: wireless-testing commit eb9d4e8399181357cb6f6625ba7f849987432c6c causes stalls

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On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 1:10 AM, Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2008/11/2 Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> 2008/11/1 Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Tim Gardner <tcanonical@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> This commit 'ath5k: Update interrupt masking code' causes stalls under
>>>> load when built using compat-wireless on 2.6.27. There is no output from
>>>> dmesg, but it occasionally recovers and moves a few more packets before
>>>> stalling again. Luis suggested reverting
>>>> eb9d4e8399181357cb6f6625ba7f849987432c6c which I did. Now it appears to
>>>> work normally.
>>>>
>>>> I also think this patch should be broken into multiple pieces. There
>>>> appear to be at least 3 functional changes addressed in this single patch.
>>>
>>> Agreed, I just tested with the latest wireless-testing and the issue
>>> is still present. I reviewed the commit but its a big too large to pin
>>> point the exact issue, my AR5414 goes up but then quickly becomes
>>> unusable. Nick how about we revert this and you can then split this up
>>> into a good number of patches to make the review easier and also to be
>>> able to pin point the exact issue better?
>>>
>>> The SHA1 remains the same but just in case the title of the patch is:
>>>
>>>   ath5k: Update interrupt masking code
>>>
>>> With it reverted I'm cruising and can ditch MadWifi completely, which
>>> is the idea.
>>>
>>>  Luis
>>>
>>
>
> Can you test the attached patch ?
>
> It works for me (tested on a AR5413)...

Thanks, that fixes it.

  Luis
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