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On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Paul Hartman < |
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paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com <paul.hartman%2Bgentoo@×××××.com>> wrote: |
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> I switched from madwifi-ng to ath5k when I switched from kernel 2.6.28 |
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> to 2.6.29 and my wifi speed is unusably slow when the CPU speed is |
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> scaled down. I am talking about trying to ssh into my laptop taking |
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> literally MINUTES to respond when it is running at 800MHz but being |
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> instant when it is running at 2000MHz. If I am emerging or doing |
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> anything to run the CPU, the wifi speed is fine. When I am |
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> interactively using the laptop it's not as much of an issue because |
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> the laptop itself is perfectly normal in its responsiveness, but the |
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> wifi practically dies when the CPU slows down. I tried with cpudyn and |
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> without (using kernel ondemand governor). |
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> Is anyone else using ath5k on a laptop and having this problem? I |
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> don't know if it is the wifi driver, the kernel, or something else. I |
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> did about 3 months worth of updates all at once, so that makes it a |
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> nice big mess for isolating the cause. :) |
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Hi. |
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I'm using ath5k and kernel conservative governor and it everything work ok |
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for me. Wireless is not very fast, but it seems it is hardware problem. |
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gentoo-sources-2.6.28-r1 |
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Vladimir Rusinov |
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http://greenmice.info/ |
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