From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751412AbWFIWiv (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:38:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751420AbWFIWiv (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:38:51 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:60874 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751416AbWFIWiu (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:38:50 -0400 Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:38:04 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Daniel Drake Cc: Jiri Benc , linville@tuxdriver.com, kernel list , netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] workaround zd1201 interference problem Message-ID: <20060609223804.GB3252@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20060607140045.GB1936@elf.ucw.cz> <20060607160828.0045e7f5@griffin.suse.cz> <20060607141536.GD1936@elf.ucw.cz> <4486FD2F.8040205@gentoo.org> <20060608070525.GE3688@elf.ucw.cz> <4489ECD0.1030908@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4489ECD0.1030908@gentoo.org> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! I'll try to. > >if you plug zd1201 into USB, it starts jamming radio, > >immediately. Enable/disable, or iwlist wlan0 scan, or basically any > >operation unjams the radio. This patch works it around: > > Can we be any more specific? > > What is the interference - is it transmitting random packets, or just > emitting a magical cloud of invisible anti-wifi? Magical cloud, I'm afraid. > At which precise point does the interference start? When the card is inserted. > Does it happen even > without the driver loaded? Will try. > Which operation is the one which stops the interference, the enable or > the disable? Disable alone was not enough to stop interference. > Does this happen on every plug in, or just sometimes? In 70% or so. > Is it affected by > usage patterns such as having the device plugged in throughout boot, > reloading the module, etc? Will try. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html