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

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
+