[Mageia-dev] Need atheros wifi (ath9k) testers

You-Cheng Hsieh yochenhsieh at gmail.com
Fri May 27 12:33:04 CEST 2011


2011/5/27 Anne nicolas <ennael at mageia.org>:
>
>
> 2011/5/27 You-Cheng Hsieh <yochenhsieh at gmail.com>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> There is a bug which would cause complete freeze with atheros wifi
>> connection. I currently don't have a working wifi AP to test this
>> issue now. So if you have atheros ath9k wifi and Cauldron, please help
>> test this problem:
>>
>> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144
>> Bug 144 - Complete freeze with Atheros wifi
>>
>> Requirements:
>> - Atheros wifi adapter which uses ath9k module.
>> - Latest kernel
>>
>> How to reproduce/test:
>> Connect to a wifi AP/hotspot and the system will be complete freeze.
>> wi
>> Please report to the bugzilla if this issue is still valid or invalid.
>
> Not much tests tobe done, still valid but waiting for more inputs from
> upstream

Based on Wobo's report on bugzilla, it seems x86-64 system have not
such problem.
Perhaps we could mention that in the errata for a workaround?
"Users have x86-64 CPU and atheros wifi are recommended to install
x86-64 edition instead of i586, to avoid complete system freeze when
connecting to wifi."

Thanks,

You-Cheng Hsieh


More information about the Mageia-dev mailing list