Hi, I replaced my CardBus WLAN card with an miniPCI one. The CardBus card (SMCWCBT-G) has an Atheros 5212 chip 802.11b/g:
ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.3.2) wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6 wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xc4000000, irq=11 The MiniPCI card has an Atheros 5212 chip 802.11a/b/g: ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.3.2) wifi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps wifi0: turboA rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP wifi0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5 GHz radio 1.7 2 GHz radio 2.3 wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xc0200000, irq=11 So far so good - looks nearly the same. But look on powertop: 18.6% ( 48.3) <interrupt> : uhci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb3, yenta, wifi0, eth1 for CardBus vs. 59,1% (288,1) <interrupt> : uhci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb3, yenta, wifi0, eth1 for MiniPCI. What can I do? Bye...Frank _______________________________________________ Power mailing list [email protected] http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power
