From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from brick.kernel.dk ([87.55.233.238]:27558 "EHLO kernel.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755840AbXKOK0w (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:26:52 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:26:49 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Pablo Sanchez Cc: ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Ismail =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=F6nmez?= , Dan Williams , Stephen.Clark@seclark.us, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg Subject: Re: [ipw3945-devel] iwl3945 doesn't work Message-ID: <20071115102648.GI638@kernel.dk> (sfid-20071115_102654_875264_4389C3AD) References: <20071017135452.GJ5043@kernel.dk> <200711150253.48628.ismail@pardus.org.tr> <20071115093921.GH638@kernel.dk> <200711150523.14834.pablo@blueoakdb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <200711150523.14834.pablo@blueoakdb.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Nov 15 2007, Pablo Sanchez wrote: > On Thursday 15 November 2007 at 4:39 am, Jens Axboe penned > about "Re: [ipw3945-devel] iwl3945 doesn't work: > > > I'll second that, using todays snap still requires me to do an > > iwlist scan before I can use the network. > > Same here and for now, I've given up on using the Intel card on my > laptop. I slapped an El Cheapo 3COM card. While less mW's and > sensitivity, the MadWifi support is awesome for this atheros based > card. > > Under stress, my ping times are within 100ms (unlike what I reported > previously), throughput is at 5Mbps and it works well with > KnetworkManager. > > I'm not complaining about the Intel support, just noting for now the > problem isn't pressing for me. I'll happily test new drops as they > come out and address the issues I reported. > > I'd appreciate even an acknowledgment though (rather than the old > /dev/null treatment). I'll revert to using ipw3945, it worked flawlessly for me. Hopefully the iwl3945 driver will work sometime in the future, but as you note, not a lot of progress appears to be happening. So I wont hold my breath. -- Jens Axboe