[ath9k-devel] Wonky ath9k behavior since kernel 4.4.x

Am 10.07.2016 um 21:14 schrieb 2Ramona:
> Hi, I don't know if you're aware of this behavior, but I'm surprised
> it's not more of an issue.
> 
> I have an Alfa 036NHA with an Atheros UB91C card. Wifi connects, races
> for a little while, stalls to nothing, and then continues intermittently
> after that fluctuating between slow and stalled. This behavior started
> with an Arch Linux upgrade to linux 4.4.x and it persists through kernel
> 4.6.2. When I downgrade to linux 4.3.x everything works great again.
> Currently using kernel 4.3.6-1.
> 
> I'm surprised more bug reports aren't circulating about this. The Alfa
> 036NHA is a very popular usb wifi card, especially among war drivers,
> and Arch is also a popular distro among the same crowd. I'd be happy to
> provide any log outputs that would be helpful. I'm actually on a new
> computer with a new installation of Manjaro, yet the exact same behavior
> persists between kernel 4.3.x and all later kernels.
> 
> To my thinking there must be something in the change logs to ath9k b/t
> the last iteration of linux 4.3 and the first of 4.4.
> 
> Thanks very much for any consideration and attention you could give this.
> 
> Linuxista

There was a bug added by me... this patch was fixing it:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=de478a61389cacafe94dc8b035081b681b878f9d

please try lates kernel, may it was fixed by this patch... Beside, did
you updated the firmware as well?

-- 
Regards,
Oleksij

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