Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k wireless dead periods

2009-04-13 Thread Jacek Galowicz
> Are there any known issues with the ath9k drivers > that are in the linux 2.6.29.1 kernel? On Fedora 11 > (rawhide) with this kernel on a MacBook Pro, I find > the the internet access drops out periodically even > though the NetworkManager interface in gnome indications > a decent signal level a

[ath9k-devel] ath9k wireless dead periods

2009-04-13 Thread Jack Howarth
Are there any known issues with the ath9k drivers that are in the linux 2.6.29.1 kernel? On Fedora 11 (rawhide) with this kernel on a MacBook Pro, I find the the internet access drops out periodically even though the NetworkManager interface in gnome indications a decent signal level and no expli

[ath9k-devel] [PATCH] ath9k: reset after PCI FATAL/PERR interrupts

2009-04-13 Thread Steven Luo
From: Steven Luo ath9k_hw_getisr() doesn't appear to set anything in the status mask for PCI FATAL or PERR interrupts (AR_INTR_SYNC_HOST1_FATAL/PERR), which the open-source HAL seems to do. This means that the card isn't reset after these interrupts. This patch seems to fix a problem where the

Re: [ath9k-devel] Atheros Linux wireless support - ramifications of reverse engineering alien technology

2009-04-13 Thread Kristoffer Ericson
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:47:33 -0700 "Luis R. Rodriguez" wrote: > Fellow Linux wireless hackers, > > We regret to inform you that Atheros is no longer going to be working > with the upstream Linux kernel community. We have received notice from > the Atheros Alien Reverse Engineering Division (AARED

[ath9k-devel] [PATCH] ath9k: fix access to freed memory in ath_rx_tasklet()

2009-04-13 Thread Pavel Roskin
Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin hdr->frame_control points to skb data and should not been used after the skb has been consumed by __ieee80211_rx(). --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c |4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/re

[ath9k-devel] [PATCH] ath9k: reset after PCI FATAL/PERR interrupts

2009-04-13 Thread Sujith
Steven Luo wrote: > ath9k_hw_getisr() doesn't appear to set anything in the status mask for > PCI FATAL or PERR interrupts (AR_INTR_SYNC_HOST1_FATAL/PERR), which > the open-source HAL seems to do. This means that the card isn't reset > after these interrupts. > > This patch seems to fix a problem