RE: [Ilw] Re: Performance regression in firmware-iwlwifi 0.38~bpo70+1

["Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>]

> > Just to make sure I properly understand what you are saying here: only the
> firmware is changed? Not the driver?
> 
> BTW, in my Thinkpad x21e (Intel Wireless-N 1000) I've noticed a very
> high (~80%+) CPU utilization by the "irq/42-iwlwifi" kernel process
> with the 3.9.x series kernel (self-built from upstream GIT sources)
> and 3.10. Not sure in what exact 3.9 version this behaviour
> started. I'm using the standard 0.36+wheezy.1 (non-free) version of
> firmware-iwlwifi.

For CPU utilization:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.git/commit/?id=01911dab97cb3e21e640aaca82689acec00ed848
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.git/commit/?id=68972c46f2975d3d61f9dc9f311f77bfc8a8b12b