Running Ubuntu 12.04 I'm facing to this bug too on a regular base: dmesh | grep "SW error" ==> [79153.416131] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79154.114339] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79182.601542] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79210.393437] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79239.639635] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79271.724168] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79305.377365] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000. [79556.166466] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79581.053733] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79621.110023] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000. [79656.511322] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79693.461862] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79731.628843] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79770.989061] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79810.106815] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79848.813199] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000. [79886.355233] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79925.156145] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [79964.960656] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80004.916408] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80041.439102] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000. [80114.354849] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80116.112521] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80156.078380] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80199.550325] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80236.945657] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80277.606785] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80318.433224] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80358.833199] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80400.162497] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80437.868621] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80479.276478] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80519.363035] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80561.013492] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80600.076921] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80633.357018] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80665.502634] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80707.912118] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80744.013560] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80784.738038] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80824.861209] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80868.425019] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80909.828595] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80952.598155] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [80995.129716] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [81035.985741] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [81082.097862] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [81123.727590] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [81167.010386] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000. [81206.536073] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000. [81365.946253] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000. [81424.288247] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000. [82059.914618] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x82000000.