From: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
To: William Thompson <wt@electro-mechanical.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ath5k-devel <ath5k-devel@venema.h4ckr.net>
Subject: Re: 3com 3crxjk10075 with ath5k driver
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:39:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b6c5339f0906091339j3784c36bxe888af16272fbcde@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090609195100.GY19203@electro-mechanical.com>
[CCed ath5k-devel]
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:51 PM, William
Thompson<wt@electro-mechanical.com> wrote:
> This card has the "xjack" antennae which is supposed to disable the radio (I
> thought it was in hardware, but it's not) when it is not extended. The
> madwifi driver (Last time I actually used this card with it) did disable the
> radio (Or refused packets, not sure which).
Huh, I wonder how that works. Is disabling the radio an advertised feature?
i.e. as opposed to just not working because the antenna is in?
> The kernel ath5k driver (last tested 2.6.29.4) will work regardless if the
> antannae is in or out.
I suppose it could be asserting something on rfkill gpios; ath5k hasn't had
real rfkill support yet. Anyone else know about these devices?
--
Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-09 20:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-09 19:51 William Thompson
2009-06-09 20:39 ` Bob Copeland [this message]
2009-06-10 11:23 ` William Thompson
2009-06-10 11:34 ` Bob Copeland
2009-06-10 11:54 ` William Thompson
2009-06-10 12:07 ` Bob Copeland
2009-06-11 15:25 ` William Thompson
2009-06-11 17:41 ` Bob Copeland
2009-06-11 18:33 ` William Thompson
2009-06-11 18:40 ` [ath5k-devel] " Bob Copeland
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