[Mageia-dev] kernel-3.3.3 and wifi problems

Wed May 2 17:58:18 CEST 2012

2012/5/1 Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org>:
+> 01.05.2012 23:38, simple w8 skrev:
+>>
+>> I have been discussing this with Larry Finger (one of the realtek main
+>> developers) in "wireless <linux-wireless at vger.kernel.org>" ML and this
+>> Larry Finger what he said:
+>>
+>> "That patch keeps your device from running forever at a maximum of 1
+>> Mbps by adjusting the initial gain of the RX amplifier. You may
+>> reverse it if you want so that you can detect more APs when you scan;
+>> however, most people prefer to get better performance from the device.
+>> That patch will not be reversed."
+>>
+>
+> Yeah, I saw that.
+> did the module options disabling powersaving help at all ?
+>
+> --
+> Thomas
+
+I think its better when packaging a new kernel release to patch
+rtl8192 module to undo the so called "fix"
+http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=commit;h=eb641120479de7ee703fabb5e6ee0ec7947474ba
+
+Thomas, as you can see, from the severall mails i sent to compat
+wireless mailing list, this "fix" as proven not to be an improvement
+at all, it starts to detect less wifi networks and it reaches the
+point of detecting none wifi network (as described in a message sent
+to compat-wireless ML), where in another machine i have here running
+Windows (also with a Realtek wifi card) it detects (and continues
+detecting) 6 wifi networks.
+
+With all the tests i made running both kernels releases its clear that
+continues being preferable to run without that "fix".
+