Re: [PATCH wireless-2.6.35] use long timer for un-necessary reload the firmware

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 15:17 -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> 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@kernel.org [2.6.35]

> 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

Actually, I believe you weren't meant to apply this, this looks like a
backport of

commit 78e1e688a404573a6788abbddfe2f4631d833bca
Author: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
Date:   Fri Jul 23 13:19:39 2010 -0700

    iwlwifi: long monitor timer

to stable-2.6.35, since the original commit had no cc: stable tag.

johannes