[ath9k-devel] ath9k flaky in 3.6(.x)

["Sune Mølgaard" <sune@molgaard.org>]

Peter Stuge wrote:
> Sune M?lgaard wrote:
>> I'm hoping for someone to say "this is a known problem - we are
>> working on it"
>
> Forget it. You will also not really get any help with debugging. If
> you can find, and ideally prove, a regression then developers will
> likely look into the problem.
>
> If you perceive and can demonstrate a problem, and complain loudly,
> then developers will attempt to reproduce the problem in a lab, but
> that is of course absolutely useless.

Behaviour seems erratic, but without any clear cause - have temporarily 
switched to USB dongle that I remembered I had lying around...

>> 08:01.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc.
>>    AR922X Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
>
> This is quite old hardware by now. The driver is supposed to work
> well also with this hardware, but in practise it has never for me.
>
> I have a feeling that the AR922x PCI silicon is not so great, and
> that it causes some of the problems. Perhaps the driver could work
> around them, but I'm not sure if it does.

That could very well be true. Would you happen to know a resource for 
finding consumer-level hardware with specific (new) chips?

>
> When dealing with this kernel driver your best chances at any kind of
> success is to use the hardware that developers currently work on.
> Those code paths are actively tested, improved, and debugged. Of
> course there is a small complication here; since the developers work
> on the driver before the hardware is made available on the market.
>
> At the moment I would not use anything older than AR9380 with the
> ath9k driver.
>
>
> I would suggest that you give FreeBSD a go on your laptop. Adrian is
> the author of that driver, it is not a copypaste of the ath9k, so it
> may work better or simply differently. I believe it supports your
> card. You obviously have to be open to trying out FreeBSD for that.

I'm not opposed to FreeBSD per se, but I do like me my Linux, so if you, 
or anyone else can answer my questions above, I'll buy a newer card.

>
>
> //Peter
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Thank you for answering.

Best regards,

Sune M?lgaard

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