On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 12:24:14PM +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote: > I have already reported on linux-wireless (short: l-w) ML that after > especially the merge of "AHB Bus support" patchset (see [2]) my ath5k > was not working as expected in daily use (also modinfo). > > I am not sure if it is the driver but reverting the 9 commits in my > local linux-next GIT seemed to "stabilize" a bit the Internet > connection. > The patchset from Nick (see below) definitely helped to stabilize ath5k. I imagine that these are the "9 commits" you mean: > git rev-list c30ae13..4cebb34 4cebb34caa5122216a1e2451eae9e0fc47ec2589 a0b907ee2a71052fefdf6151764095f3f97b3275 c31b5c9c806b1fbdc9e98885d897664a0d482989 e7aecd327d80b2f156b54769013aaccb2a20645a 8efa5d7d6ad307ae2d220def37ca89594062c40d 4aa5d783c9e1c72e4950ff34f388077ccecac74a e5b046d86fac609f636d127a38de94a175c7e83b 132b1c3ee38ea6fa0501004fd0f19acb554e5a44 aeae4ac9090462ea38387dcdbac4f01b944af6a4 Most of those look fairly harmless so long as you don't define CONFIG_ATHEROS_AR231X. Just to narrow things down...if you only revert the first 8 (i.e. leave aeae4ac alone), do you still have problems? Or does it still "stabilize"? That patch converts the driver to the generic DMA API. It seems OK at first glance, but I suspect it is the only one likely to be effecting your situation. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- 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
