Re: Hard hangs running 6-current.

Sam Leffler wrote:
> Other than a busted card the only thing I can think of is you're getting 
> an interrupt storm from the MIB counters.  If so try disabling 
> HAL_INT_MIB in the driver.  The easiest way to do that is probably to 
> force sc_needmib to 0 in ath_attach by disabling the following code:
> 
>          /*
>           * Check if the device has hardware counters for PHY
>           * errors.  If so we need to enable the MIB interrupt
>           * so we can act on stat triggers.
>           */
>          if (ath_hal_hwphycounters(ah))
>                  sc->sc_needmib = 1;
> 
> If your problem does not go away then I can only suggest trying another 
> card.  FWIW I haven't seen this.

Sigh.  Okay, thanks, Sam.  I was afraid it might be hardware, although I
have no idea how the card could have become busted.

I do have another card lying around, not an Atheros, but I'll drop it in
and see if that changes things.  First, though, I'll try your hack.
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