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#26 2010-01-27 11:36:18
- hw-tph
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Re: Which kernel do you use?
Yes, the 901 uses the rt2860 chip. Connection drops and you need to rmmod and modprobe the module to get it going again. I have no problem with the device name change, but I need connection stability. Tried a few different BIOS versions too, with no change in how the device works in Linux.
Interestingly, the version of the driver is the same in 2.6.31.6-1 and 2.6.32.* - it's 1.8.1.1 in both. I have tried the 2.2.0.0 driver from ralink but it doesn't work properly either.
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#27 2010-01-27 14:13:57
- skanky
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Re: Which kernel do you use?
Yes, the 901 uses the rt2860 chip. Connection drops and you need to rmmod and modprobe the module to get it going again. I have no problem with the device name change, but I need connection stability. Tried a few different BIOS versions too, with no change in how the device works in Linux.
Interestingly, the version of the driver is the same in 2.6.31.6-1 and 2.6.32.* - it's 1.8.1.1 in both. I have tried the 2.2.0.0 driver from ralink but it doesn't work properly either.
Okay, we're going OT now, but I don't get that behaviour at all. I did have some issues that I think were netcfg related (or at least my config) when I had two APs in the house and wanted to select either, but only at start-up. Now that I just have the one I've seen straight cx and no drop-outs. There was an upgrade at about the same time though, so the second AP may have been a red herring. I haven't updated with today's update, and am on 2.6.32.5-1.
If you want to take this to a separate thread (if one doesn't already exist), I'm happy to do some comparisons/tests when I get a minute or two.
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#28 2010-01-27 14:44:15
- b9anders
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Re: Which kernel do you use?
Arch x86_64 kernel on i686 system
I'd go that route if I could be bothered with the hassle of upgrading it individually every time. Is there an easy fix for that, or do you just dip into the x86_64 repositories whenever there's a kernel upgrade?
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#29 2010-01-27 15:05:44
- Allan
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Re: Which kernel do you use?
I rsync the testing/core/extra repos for both architectures on a regular basis. At the end of my script that does that, I have a bit that copies the x86_64 kernel and related packages to a repo and adds them. That way, the next time I update, they will be there.
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