[ath9k-devel] trouble with DWA-552 and ath9k

[Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>]

On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 06:51 -0500, Brian Walker wrote:

> Ok. The only reason I purchased the DWA-552 was because it was listed at 
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/products/external as 
> supported by the ath9k driver. I am always very careful with hardware I 
> buy to make sure it will work properly under Linux.

However, it's just a bug in the driver.  Once the driver is fixed, your
device will be supported.  Wiki is not suitable for tracking bugs.  For
example, the MadWifi wiki is full of references to problems that no
longer exist in the code.  Nobody removed them from the wiki because it
would be just too much to ask from a developer who comes with a fix that
he also scans the wiki for all references to the problem being fixed.

If you document that your revision of DWA-552 is not supported, it will
be replicated elsewhere, and even if the next kernel will support your
card perfectly, somebody will still avoid buying DWA-552.

Using wiki to track bugs would discourage developers from touching it.
This happened to MadWifi, where the wiki is full of outdated and
unverifiable information, but I don't want it to happen to ath9k.

If you want to create a bug report, please use bugzilla.kernel.org.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin