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authorDon Fry <donald.h.fry@intel.com>2011-09-15 08:36:22 -0700
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2011-09-16 15:32:12 -0400
commit2249b011432ca3dcce112f0f71e0f531b4bb9347 (patch)
tree42b581ea0fea915eb545fff4c675e0c36933765e /drivers
parent3965ac00204e0ccd89e1e73ead4d2098dc8f7bd1 (diff)
iwlagn: workaround bug crashing some APs
This patch reverts commit 9b7688328422b88a7a15dc0dc123ad9ab1a6e22d which was introduced in 2.6.38-rc1. It works around a problem where the iwlagn driver stimulates a bug crashing (requiring power cycle to recover) some APs under heavy traffic. CC: stable@kernel.org #2.6.39, #3.0.0 #3.1.0 Signed-off-by: Don Fry <donald.h.fry@intel.com> SIgned-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index b0ae4de7f083..f9c3cd95d614 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -2140,7 +2140,12 @@ static int iwl_mac_setup_register(struct iwl_priv *priv,
IEEE80211_HW_SPECTRUM_MGMT |
IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS;
+ /*
+ * Including the following line will crash some AP's. This
+ * workaround removes the stimulus which causes the crash until
+ * the AP software can be fixed.
hw->max_tx_aggregation_subframes = LINK_QUAL_AGG_FRAME_LIMIT_DEF;
+ */
hw->flags |= IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS |
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_PS;