Re: EeePC 900 and wifi patch linked on homepage - in current?

[Anders Lindgren <ali%df.lth.se@localhost>]

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008, Jared D. McNeill wrote:

> Haven't tried it (lack the hardware) but I was under the impression that the 
> 900 model was more or less the same hardware as the 701. Give the following 
> kernel a shot:
>
>  http://www.invisible.ca/~jmcneill/outgoing/netbsd.gz
>
> Let us know how you make out so we can update the eee info page.

Sorry if I'm cutting in here a bit.. :-) I haven't tried this particular 
kernel, but I have built a -current (20080809:ish) with the patches from 
the eee page. Were those the same as yours?

  My eeepc900's ath0 interface fails to work properly with the 
atheee.patch from the homepage; I get frequent messages about (from memory 
now) "ath0: device timeout (txq 1, txintrperiod n)" where n is typically 
1..5, and anywhere from 33-85% packet loss and seemingly very bad signal 
reception[0]. In the same location(s) in my house, I get zero packet loss 
with my old DELL Latitude C600's pcmcia wi0 and 4.0_BETA2. The AP is some 
old 802.11b DLink AirPlus 900AP+ using WEP "encryption".

[0]   I am not sure how to interpret the signal to noise ratios in
    wiconfig ath0 -D, the man page doesn't really say).

Best regards,
ali:)