Don Darling <darling.don@...> writes: > > Hello folks, > > I recently tried upgrading to kernel version 2.6.32, but after this > upgrade my wireless card became flaky when making connections. In cases > where a connection can be established it is stable, but there are > problems when making wireless associations. Downgrading to kernel > version 2.6.31 resolves this issue. I'm not sure at the moment which > versions of the ath5k driver maps to these kernel versions. > > Here is a brief description of my system: hi, i can confirm don's issue. i have been using several revisions of 2.6.32 (debian, not vanilla, it's true), i have resorted (back) to using ath-pci instead (i had been using it before because of the nifty functionality, but i switched to ath5k lately because of it being included in the kernel). reading don's report here, i tried using the 2.6.30 i already have, it seems to work fine. i can test pretty much whatever is needed, so feel free to ask. here is the working ath5k details: the laptop is a compaq nc6000, the card: lspci | grep -i ath 02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) modinfo ath5k filename: /lib/modules/2.6.30-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/ath5k.ko version: 0.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL) license: Dual BSD/GPL description: Support for 5xxx series of Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards. author: Nick Kossifidis author: Jiri Slaby srcversion: EE1D08AEEC0159304E1A703 modinfo mac80211 filename: /lib/modules/2.6.30-2-686/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko license: GPL description: IEEE 802.11 subsystem depends: cfg80211 vermagic: 2.6.30-2-686 SMP mod_unload modversions 686 parm: ieee80211_default_rc_a modinfo cfg80211 filename: /lib/modules/2.6.30-2-686/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko description: wireless configuration support license: GPL author: Johannes Berg depends: vermagic: 2.6.30-2-686 SMP mod_unload modversions 686 parm: ieee80211_regdom:IEEE 802.11 regulatory domain code (charp) problematic ath5k: filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-3-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.ko version: 0.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL) license: Dual BSD/GPL description: Support for 5xxx series of Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards. author: Nick Kossifidis author: Jiri Slaby srcversion: DEA0BE918B6E0D0429CDF27 (same version, 0.6.0, but different src version). hope this helps ps: i am also having a seldom kernel panic issue, i cannot confirm if it has anything to do with ath5k, but it did happen once or twice when inserting or removing the module. i also had issues bringing the interface up after inserting ath5k, i would get "error 132". again, no idea if any of this is related. -- nanok ps2: "You have lines longer than 80 characters. Fix that.". huh? why doesn't the webform just enforce that instead? very annoying :( -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
