Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 14:35:14 +0200 From: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> To: Gustau Perez <gperez@entel.upc.edu> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Signal sensitivity problem with if_rum Message-ID: <3a142e750905030535v4cfe0103r1d8a17e828f6da9b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49FD61DD.7070903@entel.upc.edu> References: <49FA2E3F.9050108@entel.upc.edu> <3a142e750905010655i5e56282eu240e13f2a03dfb02@mail.gmail.com> <49FB55A3.605@entel.upc.edu> <3a142e750905011716g39ea55f0kd081bfdd55709b37@mail.gmail.com> <49FBF9B5.40800@entel.upc.edu> <3a142e750905020617y40f62463ma91b46a015b2b2ab@mail.gmail.com> <49FD61DD.7070903@entel.upc.edu>
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On 5/3/09, Gustau Perez <gperez@entel.upc.edu> wrote:
>
>> That information is misleading, I remmember reading somewhere that linux
>> rt73
>> had similar problems like rum but it got fixed, and is not present in
>> new kernels.
>> I think that problem originated for linux from now obsolete drivers.
>>
>> On what linux version and what drivers version do you experience
>> similar problems
>> with signal sensitivity like with rum?
>>
>>
> Hi,
>
> I'm seeing this in ubuntu 9.04 (kernel 2.6.28). It shows more or less
> the same figures we have in FBSD.
Try older versions, 8.X perhaps.
Linux folks tends to break various things all the time ...
> In linux, Bbp17 can be changed from userpace making iwconfig ${dev}
> bbp 17=0. But it automatically restores its previous value. Autotuning
> seems to be enable and I don't know how to disable it (the post I sent a
> few days ago about this is wrong or doesn't apply).
I dont belive that things are so much simple that changing only one bbp
all the time will fix signal sensitivity.
--
Paul
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