Using rfkill switch can make firmware unstable, what cause various Microcode errors and kernel warnings. Reseting firmware just after rfkill off (radio on) helped with that. Resolve: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=977053 Reported-and-tested-by: Justin Pearce Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka --- drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c | 10 +++++----- drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/common.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c index f0b7794..f2ed62e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c @@ -4460,12 +4460,12 @@ il4965_irq_tasklet(struct il_priv *il) * is killed. Hence update the killswitch state here. The * rfkill handler will care about restarting if needed. */ - if (!test_bit(S_ALIVE, &il->status)) { - if (hw_rf_kill) - set_bit(S_RFKILL, &il->status); - else - clear_bit(S_RFKILL, &il->status); + if (hw_rf_kill) { + set_bit(S_RFKILL, &il->status); + } else { + clear_bit(S_RFKILL, &il->status); wiphy_rfkill_set_hw_state(il->hw->wiphy, hw_rf_kill); + il_force_reset(il, true); } handled |= CSR_INT_BIT_RF_KILL; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/common.c index 3195aad..b03e22e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/common.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/common.c @@ -4660,6 +4660,7 @@ il_force_reset(struct il_priv *il, bool external) return 0; } +EXPORT_SYMBOL(il_force_reset); int il_mac_change_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif, -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html