On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 02:04:24PM -0700, Wey-Yi Guy wrote: > Different devices has different timing requirement, change the timeout > value for 5000 series devices to avoid un-necessary firmware reload which > can cause device become unstable.For 5000 series of devices, use long monitor timer to check > stuck tx queues. > > It is being reported firmware got reload more > often than necessary, so extend the timer to avoid un-necessary reload. > > This fixes: > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/53552 > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx [2.6.35] > Reported-by: drago01 <drago01@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > this patch is also available from wireless-2.6 branch on > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi-2.6.git Well, something isn't right... /home/linville/git/wireless-2.6 [linville-8530p.local]:> git pull git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi-2.6.git wireless-2.6 >From git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi-2.6 * branch wireless-2.6 -> FETCH_HEAD Already up-to-date. So then I try applying it directly... [linville-8530p.local]:> git am -s fixes.mbox Applying: use long timer for un-necessary reload the firmware error: patch failed: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-1000.c:257 error: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-1000.c: patch does not apply error: patch failed: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.c:2895 error: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.c: patch does not apply error: patch failed: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c:2274 error: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c: patch does not apply error: patch failed: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c:462 error: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c: patch does not apply error: patch failed: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-6000.c:438 error: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-6000.c: patch does not apply error: patch failed: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h:1057 error: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h: patch does not apply ?? Also, please make sure your subject starts with "iwlwifi: " or whatever else is appropriate for the subsystem you are patching. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- 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
