From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:33798 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756468Ab3FSNKS (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:10:18 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:12:36 +0200 From: Stanislaw Gruszka To: Lars Zastrow Cc: backports@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: bug-report: Ralink corp. Device [1814:539a] - Kernel 3.8 + Message-ID: <20130619131234.GB2580@redhat.com> (sfid-20130619_151022_393316_224350DB) References: <51BE8008.20302@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <51BE8008.20302@gmx.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 05:18:32AM +0200, Lars Zastrow wrote: > Dear Team, > > I'am using the following wireless-network-device: > > Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. Device [1814:539a] > Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1839] > Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci > > I had problems with it since I bought my laptop... The driver was > unstable with the kernel I used back in autumn 2012. Howeverer, one > kernel-update fixed it. Must be something about 3.4x? > > It was defenetly working with the Kernels from 3.5 till 3.7 on > multible distros. 3.8 was bringing back the old Problems: > > - extremly low signal > - hard to establish a connection to any acess-point. > > The last "problematic" kernel I have testet was 3.9.5-1 on > Arch-Linux. Compiling the compat-drivers manually did not bring any > fix. > > I am currently using 3.7.4-1 wich is working. This most likely is a RT5390 TX power problem I made on 3.8. This patch should help: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless.git/commit/?id=8c8d2017ba25c510ddf093419048460db1109bc4 Stanislaw