From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:48844 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752263AbZLOVlZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:41:25 -0500 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:30:52 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Gertjan van Wingerde Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, users@rt2x00.serialmonkey.com, Ivo van Doorn , stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2.6.33] rt2x00: Disable powersaving for rt61pci and rt2800pci. Message-ID: <20091215213052.GF8735@tuxdriver.com> References: <1260819235-8017-1-git-send-email-gwingerde@gmail.com> <20091215204432.GE8735@tuxdriver.com> <14add3d10912151310s6b36cc60vabbdac4afff2e4b4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: <14add3d10912151310s6b36cc60vabbdac4afff2e4b4@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:10:19PM +0100, Gertjan van Wingerde wrote: > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:44 PM, John W. Linville > wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 08:33:55PM +0100, Gertjan van Wingerde wrote: > >> We've had many reports of rt61pci failures with powersaving enabled. > >> Therefore, as a stop-gap measure, disable powersaving of the rt61pci > >> until we have found a proper solution. > >> Also disable powersaving on rt2800pci as it most probably will show > >> the same problem. > >> > >> Cc: stable@kernel.org > >> Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde > >> --- > >> > >> John, this is an urgent fix for 2.6.33. > >> > >> v2: > >> - Handled feedback from Ivo: > >>       - Only disable powersaving by default, not permanent. > >>       - Also apply to rt2800pci. > > > > As posted, it will only compile on 2.6.32... > > > > Me confused, as the patch was against the wireless-2.6.git tree, which > I thought was 2.6.33, and not 2.6.32. Please explain to which tree to > prepare fixes for 2.6.33. That seems rather impossible, since wireless-2.6 failed to build with your patch applied. :-) Perhaps you weren't up-to-date? John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.