Return-path: Received: from mail-lb0-f174.google.com ([209.85.217.174]:51096 "EHLO mail-lb0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752837Ab2EAUmz convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2012 16:42:55 -0400 Received: by lbbgm6 with SMTP id gm6so1118085lbb.19 for ; Tue, 01 May 2012 13:42:54 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4F9FF3D3.1020006@lwfinger.net> References: <4F9BFA14.3070008@lwfinger.net> <4F9DD22F.8010305@lwfinger.net> <4F9DE46E.6030103@lwfinger.net> <4F9DFF0A.7080604@lwfinger.net> <20120430120037.GG9863@alittletooquiet.net> <4F9F55F9.3090800@lwfinger.net> <4F9F6B67.5000400@lwfinger.net> <4F9FF3D3.1020006@lwfinger.net> From: simple w8 Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 21:42:33 +0100 Message-ID: (sfid-20120501_224258_910123_65445081) Subject: Re: rtl8192ce makes keyboard repeat and mouse freeze To: Larry Finger Cc: Forest Bond , wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2012/5/1 Larry Finger : > On 05/01/2012 08:36 AM, simple w8 wrote: >> >> >> SEams that was your last fix for rtl8192 >> >> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=commit;h=eb641120479de7ee703fabb5e6ee0ec7947474ba >> ? that reduced the wifi force, thus detecting less wifi networks. >> >> Running without that "fix" the notebook detects more wifi networks, >> seams like the antenna have more force. > > > You keep talking about "antenna force". What does that mean? > > That patch keeps your device from running forever at a maximum of 1 Mbps by > adjusting the initial gain of the RX amplifier. You may reverse it if you > want so that you can detect more APs when you scan; however, most people > prefer to get better performance from the device. That patch will not be > reversed. Could you please clarify a litle more about the why and the patch fix? > As to the problems with power saving, I cannot fix a problem if I cannot > duplicate it. The locking in that section has been reviewed by several > people, and there are no glaring errors. If disabling power saving makes > your box work, then that is what you need to do. That is why those > parameters can be set at load time. > > Larry > >