Comment 480 for bug 461419
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| Julius Thor (joolli) wrote Re: [Karmic Lucid] Atheros AR5211 - ath5k driver connection and performance issues | #480 |
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I have to ask; since the first bug was filed, has there only been one card fixed? Am I the only one finding this absolutely pathetic?
Ok, this card that got fixed has seen quite an improvement (I know because I have that card) but what about the other very common card AR5211. That card has been completely broken for years. It barely connects with ath_pci (and of course that driver causes kernel panics) and has been removed from Ubuntu and ath5k doesn't connect at all even with the computer next to the router. Both ath5k and ath_pci are so bad that I even resorted to ndiswrapper, which performed better but caused even more frequent lockups than ath_pci.
IBM Thinkpad T40-43 are very common laptops and the fact that AR5211 does not work is quite a bad situation as it's embedded in many of these laptops. Laptops which many people use, after they have bought a new one, to test Linux for the first time.
Can anyone answer why there seems to be no work done on that card? Is Atheros not interested in fixing the driver for that card or what? It would be nice to know because then I would know if I should throw that piece of junk AR5211 away and buy an Intel card, or not.
Best regards
Julius
A recently happy owner of a T60 (AR5212)
but a long frustrated owner of a T40p (AR5211)