[ath9k-devel] D-Link DWA-547 completely freezes system

[Michael Pronath <michael.pronath@gmx.de>]

on 01/28/2010 07:23 PM Khashayar Naderehvandi wrote:
> (...)
>   
>>> I just booted from a 32bit Ubuntu 9.10 CD; then it works and doesn't
>>> freeze. So I assume it's a problem with the ath9k driver specifically in
>>> the 64bit kernel. Now I'll replace my 64bit installation with the 32bit
>>> one, as I have no reason to run 64bit Linux anyway.
>>>       
>> Well, it may be a different problem, as the initialization was wrong on
>> 32-bit kernels too.  But I cannot be sure that incorrect initialization
>> would prevent the card from working every time.
>>
>>     
> Yes, indeed, I was hit by this bug in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions
> of Ubuntu (and Fedora if I don't misremember).
> Michael, if I may ask, which version of Windows do you run? I was
> testing this card with Windows 7 64-bit for comparison, and the card
> brought down the system in much the same was as it brought down Ubuntu
> for me.
>
> Regards,
> K.

OK. I just wondered why it always crashed in 64bit Linux, and never 
crashed in 32bit Linux on my system.
I used Windows XP Home 32bit. It worked there.

Regards,
Michael