Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k causes lockups since kernel 2.6.35

2011-07-14 Thread Camilo Mesias
OK, I took my current Fedora Kernel and applied a patch to remove the commit mentioned above, basically removing aspm_clear_state ... I found that it DIDN'T cure the problem. I am wondering if any of the other Fedora patches (some are ASPM related) might not help. I did have to go beyond the change

Re: [ath9k-devel] 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-14 Thread Galen
On Jul 13, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Grant wrote: >> Again, anything with an AR9280 on board will be fine. Some of the >> antenna arrangements though are a bit .. special. > > I'm told this one fits the bill: > > http://www.tp-link.com/products/productDetails.asp?pmodel=TL-WN951N > > It is said to hav

Re: [ath9k-devel] 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-14 Thread Grant
>>> Again, anything with an AR9280 on board will be fine. Some of the >>> antenna arrangements though are a bit .. special. >> >> I'm told this one fits the bill: >> >> http://www.tp-link.com/products/productDetails.asp?pmodel=TL-WN951N >> >> It is said to have a AR5008 chip.  Can anyone confirm th

Re: [ath9k-devel] 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-14 Thread Grant
> It sounds like you are looking for a PCIe, not miniPCIe solution. If that is > the case, it may be easiest to buy a PCIe to miniPCIe adaptor card off eBay > for about $10 (US), then buy whatever miniPCIe card you like as there are a > lot more models available in that form factor. > > A favori

Re: [ath9k-devel] 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-14 Thread Mihai Moldovan
* On 14.07.2011 08:56 PM, Grant wrote: > Will I need to hack the kernel source in order to use an 802.11n card > in AP mode? In general, no. But depending on your setup and the card's EEPROM (hardcoded world regulatory domain for instance), you may run into some regulatory issues* and are required

Re: [ath9k-devel] 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-14 Thread Mihai Moldovan
* On 14.07.2011 08:54 PM, Grant wrote: > Alright, you guys win. I'll buy a miniPCIe card and adapter. _ _Really, there is no other good solution anyway, and using an adapter let's you exchange cards/chips even more easily or maybe share them also between Laptops and such, that's actually pretty gr

Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k causes lockups since kernel 2.6.35

2011-07-14 Thread Camilo Mesias
I have found an interesting workaround that seems quite effective and requires no code changes for a Fedora user with my hardware... would be interested to see if anyone else can reproduce this or explain why it fixes the problem. Recall I was trying to audit the Fedora kernel ASPM related patches

Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k causes lockups since kernel 2.6.35

2011-07-14 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Camilo Mesias wrote: > Anyway reading the code and understanding a little about the changes > that had worked, I saw that there was another option for pcie_aspm. > Tony had tried pcie_aspm=off previously but it seemed to me that > pcie_aspm=force might be worth a try. I tried it with the > 2.

Re: [ath9k-devel] 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-14 Thread Grant
>> Will I need to hack the kernel source in order to use an 802.11n card >> in AP mode? > > In general, no. But depending on your setup and the card's EEPROM > (hardcoded world regulatory domain for instance), you may run into some > regulatory issues* and are required to patch the module, yeah. >

Re: [ath9k-devel] 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-14 Thread Grant
>> The only thing that worries me about the Ubiquiti SR71-E is the "very high >> power" >> aspect which I've also read about on various websites. > > If you don't want to go for the Ubiquiti model, I can recommend the > SparkLan WPEA-127N card (AR9380 chip). Using it for about a month, > getting d