Meeting Goals 2008-11-18

[Jason D. Clinton]

I'll second that. The closed-source madwifi module module that traditionally
powered Atheros chipsets has been blamed for some of the highest-ranking
kernel lockups by kerneloops.org. ath5k and ath9k have now surpased the
closed driver in features and stability; I'm using 2.6.27's atk5k on my
desktop. My desktop is finally stable, as a result.

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Duane Attaway <dattaway at dattaway.net>wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Billy Crook wrote:
>
>  I'm bringing the Acer Aspire One running it's stock Linpus Linux in a
>> mercilessly hacked up state.  I think I'll be able to get it on the
>> Library's wifi.... using iwconfig....
>>
>
> The Acer One is an incredible netbook.  I'm running Gentoo on mine and love
> it.
>
> If you get a chance to play with one of the latest 2.6.27 kernels, you
> might be able to show what the wireless card can do.  The Atheros chip has a
> powerful output and unusually wide frequency range.
>
> -=Duane
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