On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 03:19 -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? > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122824886623698&w=2 > > > > > > so I finally got around testing the patch. It is great that it reduces > > > the time drastically, but I think that it is still not good enough. So I > > > don't care how long it takes to bring the device down. My concern is > > > that we are busy-looping during this time. Meaning the kernel is not > > > responding to anything. Simple symptom is that the mouse is stuck. > > > > > > > We have found that this one patch is not the full solution. More work is > > currently being done with activity tracked at > > http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1790 > > I quickly checked Mohamed's last patch. It actually makes it worse on my > system. Thank you very much for testing - I will let him know. Would it be possible to add your feedback to that bug report for visibility to everybody tracking that problem? Not everybody there are subscribed to linux-wireless and other people testing the patch (see last comment #12) reports that the issue is solved for them. Thank you very much Reinette -- 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
