On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Partha Bagchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Don't forget, I already copied the ath9k subdrirectory from the latest >> tree and applied the patch and compiled it. Is there anything >> intrinsic about the 2.6.27 kernel that will help the connection? > > You get a new shiny mac80211 with all the patches that went in for it. > We can't add the new mac80211 to compat-wireless-old as you did with > ath9k as 2.6.27 had the struct net_device change quite a lot (new TX > multiqueue changes) and backporting this was a major pain in the ass. > Hence we have compat-wireless-old for <= 2.6.26 and compat-wireless > for >= 2.6.27. > > Still, if someone wants to go over all 2.6.27 mac80211 patches and > apply them to compat-wireless-old except for the TX MQ related ones, > that should work, but you'll have to find someone with enough > motivation to do it. > > Luis >
Thanks. I see your point. I am not sure I can do the job of backporting. I will investigate updating the kernel from rawhide. One additional question. I seem to be dropping connection much faster (every 5 or 10 minutes) in the evening compared to the the morning and afternoon (every 30 to 40 minutes). Any theories on this? Thanks, Partha _______________________________________________ ath9k-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
