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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.c index c04959357bd..87e37bc3914 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.c @@ -795,6 +795,12 @@ int ath_open(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath9k_channel *initial_chan) if (ah->ah_caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_HT) sc->sc_imask |= ATH9K_INT_CST; + /* Note: We disable MIB interrupts for now as we don't yet + * handle processing ANI, otherwise you will get an interrupt + * storm after about 7 hours of usage making the system unusable + * with huge latency. Once we do have ANI processing included + * we can re-enable this interrupt. */ +#if 0 /* * Enable MIB interrupts when there are hardware phy counters. * Note we only do this (at the moment) for station mode. @@ -802,6 +808,7 @@ int ath_open(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath9k_channel *initial_chan) if (ath9k_hw_phycounters(ah) && ((sc->sc_opmode == ATH9K_M_STA) || (sc->sc_opmode == ATH9K_M_IBSS))) sc->sc_imask |= ATH9K_INT_MIB; +#endif /* * Some hardware processes the TIM IE and fires an * interrupt when the TIM bit is set. For hardware |