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Re: [PATCH 13/13 v2.6.32 and w-t] iwlwifi: disable powersave for 4965

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On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 10:38 -0700, Chatre, Reinette wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 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 <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---

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


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