Bug#653423: 3.1.5 kernel breaks iwlagn compatibility with 802.11n wifi access points

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

tags 653445 - moreinfo
# regression
severity 653423 important
merge 653423 653445
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Hi John,

John Eikenberry wrote:

> The link to the email with the patch. The above discussion confirms that it
> fixes the issue.

Thanks for reporting it.  v3.2-rc7 from experimental should fix this,
or one can use the patch from [1].  ([2] has instructions for building
a custom kernel.)

Hope that helps,
Jonathan

[1] http://svn.debian.org/viewvc/kernel/dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian/patches/bugfix/all/iwlwifi-allow-to-switch-to-ht40-if-not-associated.patch?revision=18426&view=markup
[2] http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html