[CentOS] iwl4965 causes soft lockups

Hi all,

Annoying issue.. my ThinkPad T61 has an iwl4965 wireless card. When I have the wireless switch on, I experience a lot of issues.. system keeps freezing..unfreezing..freezing..etc.

Sometimes, a soft lockup is logged to /var/log/messages.

psmouse.c also sometimes throws an error saying the mouse lost synchronization.

Obviously, this is causing the system to freeze for a sec and throws everything off.

This is the case with both iwl4965-firmware ver 228.57.1.21 and 228.57.2.23.

Any suggestions? I am not able to use my wifi :(

Other info:

CentOS 5.3 - 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5 (also happens with 2.6.18-128.el5) x86_64

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Ryan