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RE: [PATCH 3.7 2/3] ath9k: improve suspend/resume reliability

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On 2012-10-04 4:33 AM, Sujith Manoharan wrote:
> Felix Fietkau wrote:
>> Ensure that drv_start() always returns true, as a failing hw start usually
>> eventually leads to crashes when there's still a station entry present.
>> Call a power-on reset after a resume and after a hw reset failure to bring
>> the hardware back to life again.
>
> In what situations did HW reset (via start() or resume()) fail ?
I don't know what situations caused it, but this happened on a few
ChromeOS devices in the wild, and my patch fixed it.

Well, the cause for the real issue, the HW reset failure is still unknown.
I think we might be papering over some other bug here.

Sujith
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