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Re: regression: tethering fails in 3.5 with iwlwifi

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On Fri, 2012-09-14 at 19:39 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-09-14 at 17:02 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > Hi Johannes,
> > 
> > We are using iwlwifi driver in Tizen IVI. We were using kernel v3.4 and
> > wifi tethering worked fine. But after upgrading to v3.5 it stopped
> > working.
> > 
> > I am trying to bisect this already many hours - very difficult, because
> > tethering did not work in kernels around v3.4-rcX for some different
> > reasons, so just 'git bisect' does not work.
> 
> OK, my latest finding is:
>         
>         bad:               3edaf3e Johannes Berg  mac80211: manage AP netdev carrier state
>         good:              fe40cb6 Ashok Nagarajan  mac80211: Check basic rates when peering
>         
> However, just reverting in 3.5 does not solve the issue. I am out of
> ideas how to proceed.

OK, finally I got it. After 3 days of hardcore intelligent bisecting
        I've found out that tethering in 3.5 works for me if I revert
these 2
        patches:
        
            56138f5 iwlwifi: dont pull too much payload in skb head
            3edaf3e mac80211: manage AP netdev carrier state
        
        Johannes, Eric?

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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