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Reload drivers for my intel wireless card automatically if it hangs (on suspend/resume)
#!/bin/sh
lock=/var/run/lock/iwl-reset.lock
fail_msg='iwlwifi 0000:00:00.0: Failed to load firmware chunk!'
do_reset='
echo "Resetting wifi..."
rmmod iwlmvm
rmmod iwlwifi
modprobe iwlwifi
modprobe iwlmvm
sleep 2
'
dmesg --kernel --notime --follow --level=err \
| while read msg; do
if [ X"$msg" = X"$fail_msg" ]; then
echo 'Wifi appears hung'
flock -xn "$lock" -c "$do_reset" &
fi
done
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I could just always {un,re}load the driver on suspend/resume, but sometimes it actually comes back and doesn't need to be reset.

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