Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:27173 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753348Ab1ELDO4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2011 23:14:56 -0400 Subject: Re: ath5k and ath9k bugs still in 2.6.39-rc7 From: Dan Williams To: Ben Greear Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 22:17:00 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4DC968FD.1040906@candelatech.com> References: <4DC968FD.1040906@candelatech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <1305170221.8054.20.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> (sfid-20110512_051459_980606_AB0BA6A0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 09:34 -0700, Ben Greear wrote: > As far as I can tell, ath5k is critically broken due to un-initilized > spinlock (fixed in the patch I posted a few days ago), and ath9k stations > won't work due to PS bugs that Felix posted fixes for yesterday. > > It looks like -rc7 is the last RC before the final .39, so I'm hoping > these patches can be pushed quickly to Linus! Johannes and I found out yesterday that ath5k doesn't implement the tx_last_beacon hook either, which breaks IBSS mode. Anyone know how to fix that one? It's been broken since at least 2.6.38 so it's not technically a regression in current linux-2.6, but it's still broken. Dan