On Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:22:23 pm Juergen Orschiedt wrote:
I repeatedly see "Microcode SW error detected. Restarting" in /var/log/messages when I connect to a 802.11n network. As side effect, connection speed drops to 1MBit/sec.
Problem doesn't show up when connecting against 802.11ab.
Hardware is Latitude E6500 with 2.6.34-9-desktop x86_64 kernel.
Jun 10 08:13:40 .. iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting
0x2000000.
Jun 10 09:17:50 .. iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. Jun 10 09:17:50 .. iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. Jun 10 09:23:53 .. iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000.
I ran into the same issue with a Lenovo Thinkpad 410, iwlagn driver says: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6000 Series 3x3 AGN REV=0x74 getting the most recent firmware from http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads seems to have helped, maybe this cures your issue as well ? -- with kind regards (mit freundlichem Grinsen), Ruediger Oertel (ro@novell.com,ro@suse.de,bugfinder@t-online.de) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Linux T410Rudi 2.6.34-12.22-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-06-29 02:39:08 +0200 x86_64 Key fingerprint = 17DC 6553 86A7 384B 53C5 CA5C 3CE4 F2E7 23F2 B417 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org