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[Seth Forshee <seth.forshee+lp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

SRU Justification:

Impact: These patches do not fix a bug. Instead, they help Intel collect
data from devices which are experiencing errors due to bugs in the
firmware which will help them fix these bugs.

Test Case: I have tested these patches to verify that I did not observe
any regressions with the affected hardware and to verify the
functionality of the firmware monitor support.

Regression Potential: The firmware monitor support defaults to being
disabled and is only enabled when the fw_monitor=1 option is passed to
iwlwifi, which helps to limit the possibility of regressions under
normal use. I have also reviewed and tested the patches without finding
any regressions.

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These were introduced in 3.17 and then backported to 3.16 by Intel [1].
They aren't upstream stable material, but since Intel wireless is
probably the most widely used wireless hardware among Ubuntu users it
makes sense for us to take the patches if they will help Intel fix bugs
in their firmware.

[1]
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/129744

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
     Assignee: Seth Forshee (sforshee)
         Status: In Progress

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1399440

Title:
  Add iwlwifi firmware monitor support in utopic

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  SRU Justification:

  Impact: These patches do not fix a bug. Instead, they help Intel
  collect data from devices which are experiencing errors due to bugs in
  the firmware which will help them fix these bugs.

  Test Case: I have tested these patches to verify that I did not
  observe any regressions with the affected hardware and to verify the
  functionality of the firmware monitor support.

  Regression Potential: The firmware monitor support defaults to being
  disabled and is only enabled when the fw_monitor=1 option is passed to
  iwlwifi, which helps to limit the possibility of regressions under
  normal use. I have also reviewed and tested the patches without
  finding any regressions.

  ---

  These were introduced in 3.17 and then backported to 3.16 by Intel
  [1]. They aren't upstream stable material, but since Intel wireless is
  probably the most widely used wireless hardware among Ubuntu users it
  makes sense for us to take the patches if they will help Intel fix
  bugs in their firmware.

  [1]
  http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/129744

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