Public bug reported: Hello, folks. I have an Atheros wireless card with the AR5008 chipset (same as used in some MacBook Pros). Performance in Ubuntu 8.10 has generally been poor. However, there are already other bug reports about that.
One of these bug reports is #297965 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/297965), where John Pugh said that he could not reproduce the performance problem in the latest kernel for intrepid. Still having the performance problem in 2.6.27-9, I decided to grab the latest kernel update and related packages from intrepid-proposed (2.6.27-11) and see if anything would improve. Performance was better in the new version of the kernel, but after using the wireless for a while, my machine crashed with kernel panic. That is the subject of this bug report. I suspect the ath9k module for a couple of reasons. - First of all, I had been using the machine on 2.6.27-11 for several days, but I usually don't use the wireless, but it crashed after maybe two hours of wireless use. - Also, I've tried the compat-wireless modules before (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download) with the same results: better performance, but frequent kernel panic. I'd like to hear if anyone else has tried 2.6.27-11 who has an AR5008-based wireless card. I'm still a relative newcomer to Linux, so if there is more information that you would like me to provide, either tell me what to do or point me towards some directions. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [ath9k] Kernel panic in 2.6.27-11 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319378 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
