Bug#575229: Wireless performance problems with ath5k driver

2012-07-14 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Chris Chiappa wrote: On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 02:15:22PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Returning to this bug (long pauses during a network scan): the squeeze kernel should install without trouble on sid if you'd like to give it a try. Sorry for being dense, but

Bug#575229: Wireless performance problems with ath5k driver

2012-04-11 Thread Chris Chiappa
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 02:15:22PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Good to hear. If you can come up with more details about the remaining iffyness or a reliable way to test for it, please feel free to file a new bug. Returning to this bug (long pauses during a network scan): the squeeze

Bug#575229: Wireless performance problems with ath5k driver

2012-04-11 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Chris Chiappa wrote: On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 02:15:22PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Good to hear. If you can come up with more details about the remaining iffyness or a reliable way to test for it, please feel free to file a new bug. Returning to this bug (long pauses during a network

Bug#575229: Wireless performance problems with ath5k driver

2012-04-02 Thread Chris Chiappa
Hi Jonathan, sorry about the slow reply. The situation is definitely better, and my recollection (it's been a while) is that it did improve around the 2.6.35 timeframe. I've only ever run unstable so I'm not sure how much testing I can provide, but if a kernel deb was installable in unstable I

Bug#575229: Wireless performance problems with ath5k driver

2012-04-02 Thread Chris Chiappa
Forgot to say, although I don't think it's directly pertinent - I think I'm currently running a 3.2.something kernel on the laptop in question (an official Debian kernel) -- ..ooOO ch...@chiappa.net | My opinions are my own OOoo.. ..ooOO chris.chia...@oracle.com | and

Bug#575229: Wireless performance problems with ath5k driver

2012-04-02 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Chris Chiappa wrote: Hi Jonathan, sorry about the slow reply. The situation is definitely better, and my recollection (it's been a while) is that it did improve around the 2.6.35 timeframe. I've only ever run unstable so I'm not sure how much testing I can provide, but if a kernel deb was

Bug#575229: Wireless performance problems with ath5k driver

2012-03-28 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Chris, chris+deb...@chiappa.net wrote: The ath5k driver apparently uses lots of cpu and causes long pauses in connectivity when the wireless networks available are being scanned...since network manager does this a lot, it