Return-path: Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.26]:47197 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753446AbYIRJAj (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:00:39 -0400 Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 6so1596540eyi.37 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:00:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: (sfid-20080918_110043_672825_30529AE5) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:00:37 -0700 From: "Steven Noonan" To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k constantly drops network connection Cc: "Mats Johannesson" , "John W. Linville" , "ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org" , linux-wireless In-Reply-To: <43e72e890809180146q2a4062b8hf4e0911d3782c943@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <20080917191003.GC6198@tesla> <20080918044618.0cd64cd9@loke.fish.not> <20080918103628.5a6ab12c@loke.fish.not> <43e72e890809180146q2a4062b8hf4e0911d3782c943@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Mats Johannesson wrote: >> Anyhow, writing now to share the good news that the patch you refer to: >> [PATCH] ath9k: connectivity is lost after Group rekeying is done >> (Click on [Download message RAW] at >> http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122163541519736&w=2 to get a clean >> copy) completely fixes the regression between -rc5 and -rc6 I reported >> in: >> >> [ath9k-devel] 2.6.27-rc6 (and forwartd to -rc6-git3) dies silently. >> https://lists.ath9k.org/pipermail/ath9k-devel/2008-September/000263.html >> >> Patching -rc6-git3 I've now run 4 hours without a connection drop. >> Strangely enough it also allowed me to again make the connection >> 'sticky' over a reboot (Wicd Manager). >> >> This patch is a must have for 2.6.27 no matter what merging policy is >> in effect. > > John please consider merging this for 27 as well as it fixes issues > reported due to lost of connectivity. > > Luis Dang! I just developed a pretty much identical patch locally to solve my wireless connection loss issues and was about 20 minutes into a 5 hour test to make certain it worked correctly. I wish I'd been faster at getting mine tested and out the door. Oh well, at least -somebody- got a fix up. Indeed, please merge this to 2.6.27 ASAP. Having a problem like this hit the 2.6.27 final release would -really- suck. - Steven