ath5k access point in Fedora 12

[Lonni J Friedman]

2009/12/3 Reuben Budiardja <techlist at pathfinder.phys.utk.edu>:
> On Thursday 03 December 2009 18:00:33 jaivuk wrote:
>> To be honest I was so upset with permanent problems and unstability of
>>  ath5k driver in AP mode that I purchased ath9k card...
>> It is much more stable but currently there is a bug in F12 kernel, so I
>>  have to use F11 kernel.
>
> Hello,
> Which bug are you referring to ? I am currently having a problem with Atheros
> AR9285 that uses ath9k module, and wondering if this is related. Could you
> illuminate me or point me to bug report ?
> My problem is that in some network my connection keep getting intermittently
> dropped. (You could refer to my email that I just sent to the list also for my
> problem description).
> Does F11 work better for this card ?

Yes, that's the infamous power management bug.  There are a few of
them floating around:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532465
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520535
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541756
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=538792

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