From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:2764 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751101AbXBMVic (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:38:32 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:13:40 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Larry Finger Cc: Miles Lane , wireless , bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de Subject: Re: RFT: The real fix for BCM4311 and BCM4312 Message-ID: <20070213211340.GG3572@tuxdriver.com> References: <45C96B8A.8010000@lwfinger.net> <1170830071.11150.62.camel@dv> <200702071443.19676.rjw@sisk.pl> <45C9D9D6.2070700@lwfinger.net> <45CE5812.3000306@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <45CE5812.3000306@lwfinger.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 05:41:06PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote: > Miles Lane wrote: > > I am testing this patch applied to the wireless-net git tree. > > The card is a Linksys WPC54G. The card is still getting very > > weak signal strength and the connection seems unresponsive > > most of the time. > > As the subject says, the patch was for 4311 and 4312 cards. The 4318's are not yet fixed. > > As measured by my RF receiver, the amplitude of the 4318 is about -70 dBm, the 4311 is about -60 dBm > and the 4306 is -50 dBm. All should have the -50 reading with my test setup. > > I'm working on the power routines and will let you know. FWIW, this patch seems to have helped some BCM4311 and BCM4312 wielding Fedora users. John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com