Do you have any understanding of the random disconnects issue? (Should be a driver/Linux issue!)

[Oleksij Rempel]

Am 20.04.2014 18:28, schrieb Mikael:
> Dear Oleksij,
> 
> Re the ML - ah right, it was that it supports only text emails, not
> HTML emails, those are returned with the error.
> 
> 
> Regarding wireless-testing.git and firmware.git , I really looked
> around and can't find them, where are they?

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git/
https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware


> Also, doing "make buildtools" may take like 2 days for me, compiling
> GCC ground-up is a big job -
> 
> are the latest OS AR9271 firmware binaries available anywhere for download?

I send you binaries in separate email

> 
> Thanks!!
> Mikael
> 
> 2014-04-20 14:15 GMT+02:00 Mikael <mikael.trash at gmail.com>:
>> Dear Oleksij,
>>
>> 2014-04-20 13:18 GMT+02:00 Oleksij Rempel <linux at rempel-privat.de>:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> 2014-04-20 12:39 GMT+02:00 Mikael <mikael.trash at gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:mikael.trash at gmail.com>>:
>>>>>
>>>>>     Hi Oleksij and list!
>>>>>
>>>>>     The Internet is full of reports that the ATH9K tends to go down
>>>>>     frequently.
>>>>>
>>>>>     I have an AR9271 card here and on my Linux 3.1 installation, the
>>>>> USB
>>>>>     disconnects as frequently as at <1 second intervals!
>>>
>>> Please use latest wireles-testing.git and firmware.git
>>> Some issue should be fixed now.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much for your response.
>>
>>  (1) Just curious, I read through the firmware commits and didn't see
>> anything that stuck out.
>>
>>       About-very-roughly-approximately what issues relating to USB
>> disconnects and other general stability-performance has been fixed in the
>> firmware?
>>
>>
>>  (2) To get the latest wireless-testing.git and firmware.git ,
>>
>>       would that be done by "git clone
>> https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware.git ; cd open*; make
>> toolchain; make -C target_firmware",
>>
>>       or where can these .git files you refer to be gotten or how are they
>> checked out?
>>
>>
>>  (3) I guess your firmware would be usable also with the Windows driver for
>> this NIC really, wouldn't it,
>>
>>       so if someone would be able to superimpose your firmware into the
>> Windows driver file so that the Windows driver uploads your firmware instead
>> of the older one,
>>
>>        then USB disconnect fixes and any further improvements from your end
>> would be made benefit of there also right?
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much, best regards,
>> Mikael
>>


-- 
Regards,
Oleksij

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