linux-kernel - Re: [ath5k-devel] Bugs on aspire one A150

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Date:	Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:51:47 +0200
From:	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
To:	Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@...il.com>
CC:	Bob Copeland <me@...copeland.com>, ath5k-devel@...ts.ath5k.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ath5k-devel] Bugs on aspire one A150

Nick Kossifidis wrote:
> 2008/11/10 Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>:
>> Bob Copeland wrote:
>>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com> wrote:
>>>> ** 2 - wireless: not to mention the fact that ath5k wasn't installed by
>>>> default in ubuntu...
>>>> wireless more or less works, but kernel log is full of backtraces.
>>> As you've seen, these should at least be gone now...
>>>
>>>> Was able to connect to my WPA2 access point.
>>>> Sometimes wireless fails completely, especially after suspend to ram.
>>> Did you get noise calibration failures in dmesg at this point?  Felix posted
>>> a patch recently that handles them better.
>> Yep, but they seems to be gone in latest -git too.
>> Wireless work fine now, it seems like my iwl3945.
>>
>>>> Advanced features like monitor/injection work, but when I changed the card's
>>>> mac address it stopped working.
>>>> I also noticed that if I then start airodump, then wireless works with new
>>>> mac.
>> Why it doesn't accept new mac?, can this be fixed?

Any update on mac changer status?

>>
>>
>>>> ** 4 - wireless led doesn't work.
>>>> ath5k devs, can you fix this?
>>> Currently all the LED code we have in there is for setting a particular gpio
>>> for particular laptops (and they differ between models).  We only have quirks
>>> for IBM and HP, none for Acer.  Also, the legacy-hal seems to have a different
>>> strategy for 2425 chips.  I can try to hack up some code for you to test.
>>>
>> I have seen on the web that madwifi did support the led with some gpio settings
>>
>> sysctl -w dev.wifi0.ledpin=3
>> sysctl -w dev.wifi0.softled=1
>>
>> from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne
>>
>> Best regards,
>>        Maxim Levitsky
> 
> i think that some led settings are stored on EEPROM, let me check it out...
>

Thanks a lot.

 
> 

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky
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