Steven Luo wrote:
> ath9k_hw_getisr() doesn't appear to set anything in the status mask for
> PCI FATAL or PERR interrupts (AR_INTR_SYNC_HOST1_FATAL/PERR), which
> the open-source HAL seems to do.  This means that the card isn't reset
> after these interrupts.
> 
> This patch seems to fix a problem where the wireless drops out with an
> "ath9k: received PCI FATAL interrupt" in dmesg after some time; the
> hardware is an AR5416 in an ASUS WL-500W running 2.6.28.7 (OpenWRT) and
> compat-wireless 2009-03-31.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven Luo <ste...@steven676.net>
> ---
> 
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c 2009-04-09 23:23:35.000000000 -0700
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c 2009-04-11 23:29:28.000000000 -0700
> @@ -3007,6 +3007,7 @@ bool ath9k_hw_getisr(struct ath_hw *ah, 
>                               DPRINTF(ah->ah_sc, ATH_DBG_ANY,
>                                       "received PCI PERR interrupt\n");
>                       }
> +                     *masked |= ATH9K_INT_FATAL;
>               }
>               if (sync_cause & AR_INTR_SYNC_RADM_CPL_TIMEOUT) {
>                       DPRINTF(ah->ah_sc, ATH_DBG_INTERRUPT,
> 

Thanks for the patch. The actual cause of the FATAL interrupt still remains 
unclear, though.
We'll work on this issue.

Sujith
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