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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.c7
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