Description of problem: I am filing this under the firmware, but not sure if related to module/kernel so I apologize in advance if this is wrong. This issue seems to be reported upstream in http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1855 At unpredictable intervals, the iwlagn drivers fails, all wireless transmissions fail, and the only way to recover the wireless is a clean reboot of the machine. This is on Lenovo X300 running Fedora 10 i386. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-PAE-2.6.27.7-134.fc10.i686 iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.21-3.noarch iwlagn: alias: iwl4965 license: GPL author: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation version: 1.3.27kds description: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux firmware: iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode How reproducible: Seems this affects the iwl4965 hardware. Simply run the machine, and watch the wireless fail (2/3 minutes to sometimes a week between failures). Actual results: Wireless suddenly fails and a reboot is needed to restore connectivity. Expected results: No wireless failure Additional info: Logs show the following: Dec 20 13:44:45 speedy kernel: iwlagn: HARDWARE GONE?? INTA == 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffffffff I have added a 'me too' in what seems to be the upstream bug.
The last firmware for iwl4965 is iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.23 and was in the stable repos the days before this bug report.