The .38 compat-wireless package can be found in maverick-proposed
repository.

I just retested this on up-to-date maverick, with the compat-
wireless-2.6.38 package from maverick-proposed and latest firmware from
Intel (8.83.5.1, dated 2011-02-25).

Hardware is Acer Aspire One with Intel 5300 mini-pcie card and Netgear
wndr3700 running official firmware and using 5GHz channels in either
.11a or .11n modes.

This works fine with 11n_disabled, using .11a mode, with both drivers
and firmware versions. Of course the speed is limited, but I can for
example stream a 256k internet radio stream over http and use ssh
terminal connection without any noticeable problems at the same time.

After removing the 11n_disable, the ssh terminal connections seems to
have a noticeable lag and data comes in in bursts. This feels worse than
with .11n disabled, although not as bad as with previous driver and
firmware and the performance stays on a constant level without degrading
over time.

Then after 5 to 10 minutes the data stops flowing. This time the driver
doesn't oops, but notices the problem and forcibly reloads the card
firmware. Data starts flowing again without manual intervention, except
that the firmware reloading takes long enough to break audio streaming
and some file transfers.

So better than previously, especially as the driver doesn't oops
anymore, but I wouldn't call this usable yet.

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  iwlagn degrades quickly during normal wifi session

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