iwl4965: reset firmware after rfkill off
commit 788f7a56fce1bcb2067b62b851a086fca48a0056 upstream.
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 <whitefox@guardianfox.net>
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
index aa28776..409ed06 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
@@ -4411,12 +4411,12 @@
* 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 2ab6b96..ae4befa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/common.c
@@ -4659,6 +4659,7 @@
return 0;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(il_force_reset);
int
il_mac_change_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,