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Re: [PATCH 6/6] ath9k: fix false positives in the baseband hang check

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On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ath9k_hw_check_alive() occasionally returns false, as the hardware
> is still processing data in a specific state. Fix this issue by
> repeating the test a few times with longer delay inbetween attempts.
> This gets rid of excessive hardware resets that appear frequently on
> some AR9132 based devices, but could also happen on AR9280.
>
> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Björn Smedman <bjorn.smedman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx

Tested-by: Björn Smedman <bjorn.smedman@xxxxxxxxxxx>

No false positives.

By the way, ath9k has never felt so solid on AR9100 as after this
patch series. Huge thanx, especially for the initvals update! :)

/Björn
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