On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 05:33:31PM -0500, Andy Neitzke wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using ath9k and wpa_supplicant with an AR5418 on a Thinkpad X61.  With 
> recent wireless-testing the behavior of the wireless LED has changed.  The 
> old behavior was that, after association was complete, the LED would light up 
> only when there was some TX/RX activity. 

Problem with old behavior is, you can not really differenticate the
state of interface being down and device being idle after assoc.

> flashes constantly (with a fixed period of perhaps 2Hz) whenever I am 
> associated to an AP, and does not give any indication of whether there is any 
> TX/RX activity.  Is this the intended new behavior?

Yeah, you will see slow constant flash when the device is idle, but when
there is any (heavy) tx/rx, you should be seeing the blink rate
going high accordingly.

> (If so, may I vote for a 
> return to the old behavior?)

we got few complaints about the old behavoir ;).

Vasanth
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