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>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index b0ae4de..f9c3cd9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -2140,7 +2140,12 @@
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;