Bug 714590 - Intel wireless broken on 11n for many users
Summary: Intel wireless broken on 11n for many users
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 6.1
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Stanislaw Gruszka
QA Contact: Desktop QE
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 648732
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-06-20 08:07 UTC by Stanislaw Gruszka
Modified: 2011-12-06 13:42 UTC (History)
40 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-164.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of: 648732
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-12-06 13:42:40 UTC
Target Upstream Version:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
0001-iwlwifi-fix-general-11n-instability.patch (3.66 KB, text/plain)
2011-06-20 13:40 UTC, Stanislaw Gruszka 		no flags Details
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Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:1530 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel security, bug fix and enhancement update 2011-12-06 01:45:35 UTC

Description Stanislaw Gruszka 2011-06-20 08:07:39 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #648732 +++
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2011-06-20 09:59:58 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.
Comment 3 Stanislaw Gruszka 2011-06-20 13:40:24 UTC 
Created attachment 505614 [details]
0001-iwlwifi-fix-general-11n-instability.patch

Proposed patch. Kernel build to test is here:
https://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/taskinfo?taskID=3412423
(Note no firmware package, for install use "rpm -ivh --force --nodeps")
Comment 4 Vladimir Benes 2011-06-27 13:27:03 UTC 
reproducer:
use Intel 5100 wireless device with n (or g/n) wireless AP and perform some video streaming or download huge files 
this test should be longer than 30 minutes
Comment 6 Kyle McMartin 2011-06-29 21:50:14 UTC 
Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-164.el6
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 13:42:40 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1530.html
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