Return-path: Received: from wolverine02.qualcomm.com ([199.106.114.251]:57913 "EHLO wolverine02.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751962Ab2EaGhI (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 May 2012 02:37:08 -0400 From: Sujith Manoharan MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20423.4426.500293.813699@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (sfid-20120531_083713_227358_32B72808) Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 12:05:54 +0530 To: Ben Greear CC: Sujith Manoharan , "ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Ath9k performance testing results (AR9380) In-Reply-To: <4FC6FF1B.7050201@candelatech.com> References: <4FC55443.4020003@candelatech.com> <20422.56339.579488.464864@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <4FC6FF1B.7050201@candelatech.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Ben Greear wrote: > On 05/30/2012 07:48 PM, Sujith Manoharan wrote: > > Ben Greear wrote: > >> I am not sure why there is such a big difference, but possibly > >> sending wifi is harder than receiving it, and the Atom processor > >> just can't keep up. > > > > I have a small Atom-based netbook, I'll try with it and see what numbers > > can be seen. It's a pain to pry it open and bolt a different card, though. :) > > We had to install a hacked 'white-listed' BIOS to get a Lenovo laptop to even POST with > an Atheros NIC in it, so if your NIC works w/out having to hack the BIOS, please > let me know :) It works on Samsung netbooks. I replaced the onboard card with a AR9462 card and there were no hiccups. Sujith