Bug#473709: madwifi-source: Connection drops within an hour

[Kel Modderman]

On Sunday 25 May 2008 03:36:10 Bill Wohler wrote:
> Hi Kel,
> 
> I installed kernel version 2.6.25 and there isn't any change--the
> connection still drops within several hours. I rebooted into 2.6.22 and
> have been up for days...
> 
> I found one relevant ticket, http://madwifi.org/ticket/1951, but there
> isn't any feedback on it yet. I added my two cents.
> 
> I read about an ath5k release that they are working on. Do you have any
> news on when that might be available, and do you plan on replacing
> madwifi-source with it?

There is no need to replace madwifi-source with anything; ath5k is included
in the 2.6.25 linux image:

$ modinfo -k 2.6.25-2-686 ath5k
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/ath5k.ko
version:        0.1.1 (EXPERIMENTAL)
license:        Dual BSD/GPL
description:    Support for 5xxx series of Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards.
...

To use ath5k in preference to madwifi, it is necessary to remove madwifi-tools
or modify the blacklist installed by madwifi-tools to:
  /etc/modprobe.d/madwifi

I am not sure how well ath5k is working currently, but sure do hope it becomes
a good successor to the bug prone madwifi driver soon.

Thanks, Kel.