[ath9k-devel] ath9k vs nvidia(proprietary)

[Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>]

On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 10:02 +0100, Dmitri Seletski wrote:
> Hello Guys.
> 
> I can pretty much say, unloading nvidia driver and reloading ath9k
> module fixes connection.
> However, in my case it's pretty bad for me... I am heavy gamer, and SLI
> nvidia cards dusting doing nothing ,well, it's pretty bad.
> I suspect i may have sort of a trouble with IRQ sharing.

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#symptoms

> Is it possible for me to give some load parameters
> to ath9k module to force it to use another IRQ?(like some other drivers
> do?)

That's not ath9k specific in any way.

>  Obviously, there is not much point of asking Nvidia to do it, since
> those behemoth's won't do anything for sure, since their current driver
> (i dont use it for that matter)release is pretty banged up...

If you do most of the work finding how to work around the problem, and
it turns out that something could be improved in free software, then
maybe your patch will be applied.

If you expect others to question you about the symptoms, then suggest
patches and push them to the kernel, that's not going to happen.

> Another question, my Access Point and PCI wifi card are from same
> manufacturer. AP is set to B,G,N auto mode, but my card only connects to
> it using G mode, which is not why i bought it in the first place. Why is
> this happening? i am pretty much only user to network myself 99% of
> time. i tried to force it to use N mode, it could detect it, but it
> couldn't connect.

I suggest that you actually show what commands you run and what they
return, not just your interpretation.

In case you are hitting the stuck scan bug, try setting the channel with
iwconfig instead of loading and unloading modules.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin