On 04/25/2011 02:51 PM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote: > Hi, > > with kernel 2.6.38 the wifi connection with my Atheros AR9285 is > unusable when the distance from the AP is more that 3 meters. (30% > package losses, ~20K/s throughput compared to ~3M/s) Tested with two > cards on different devices. With kernel 2.6.35 or kernel 2.6.38 + > compat-wireless 15 meters distance is no problem. The problem only > occurs in 2.6.38-rc1 to 2.6.38.4 but not in any more recent versions. I > did a git bisect and found the commit fixing the problem. > > commit 115dad7a7f42e68840392767323ceb9306dbdb36 > Author: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri Jan 14 00:06:27 2011 +0100 > > ath9k_hw: partially revert "fix dma descriptor rx error bit parsing" > > http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg62742.html > > Please send this commit to the stable series for 2.6.38. > > The problem is also described at the Ubuntu launchpad: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/735431 > > Hauke I linked to a wrong Ubuntu Launchpad bug report. This is a correct one, but there many many: https://bugs.launchpad.net/archlinux/+source/linux/+bug/735171 Here is also a description in the kernel bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31452 Hauke -- 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
