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Re: 2.6.25-rc2 regression in rt61pci wireless driver

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On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 07:11:39PM +0000, Chris Clayton wrote:

> Sorry, but that's not the case. I find the same results as without the 
> patches. With the parameter set to 'pid', the network connection fails very 
> quickly, but with it set to 'simple' I can ping and ftp files to and from my 
> laptop as much as I like and the connection stays up. In fact, if anything 
> the patches seem to have made the network even more fragile, in that it fails 
> almost instantly once I start some network activity ( < 10 pings).
> 
> I'm sure this is not the hardware - it works perfectly with Windows XP, with 
> 2.6.23.14 plus the out-of-tree rt61 driver from serialmonkey, with the 
> in-tree driver from 2.6.24.x and with 2.6.25-rc3 with the mac82011's 
> ieee80211_default_rc_algo parameter set to 'simple'.

At last!  Vindication for insisting that we keep 'simple' around!
Bwahahaha! :-)

So, am I to understand that 'pid' works find for you with rtl8180?
If so, then I wonder if Stefano and Ivo can help us figure-out
what kind of problem is sensitive to both driver _and_ rate control
algorithm?

Thanks,

John
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John W. Linville
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