ipw3945/iwlwifi/iwl3945 users, please test latest davej kernels

Yuan Yijun bbbush.yuan at gmail.com
Tue May 8 13:26:09 UTC 2007


2007/5/8, John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>:
> If you are a rawhide user/tester and have ipw3945 hardware, please
> try the latest kernels here:
>
>         http://people.redhat.com/davej/kernels/Fedora/fc7/
>
> I am having mixed results with the latest iwl3945 updates, but I'm
> not sure if it is this particular laptop having problems or the driver
> in general.
>
> Please give the latest kernels a try and let me know how it is working
> for you.  Please also let me know what was the last kernel that worked
> any better for ipw3945 hardware than the current ones.
>
> At this point, I am quite uneasy about this driver.  It seems to work
> fine at times, then crash or simply refuse to associate at others.
> I am considering backing it out to the 0.0.16 tag or possibly even
> removing it (since the driver has _still_ not been posted upstream).
> Thoughts?
>

Cannot unload the driver and sometimes cannot power down completely
(have to press the button several seconds).

But I like this driver because it makes things so easy.

-- 
bbbush ^_^




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