anyone got ipw working without freezing?

[Dan Langille]

On 20 Sep 2005 at 14:13, Jordan Sissel wrote:

> On 9/20/05, Dan Langille <dan at langille.org> wrote:
> > 
> > On 20 Sep 2005 at 0:39, Jordan Sissel wrote:
> > > Thinkpad T41
> > > Yes, it freezes. Usually when there's lots of packets flying around.
> > > Running 6.0-CURRENT from mid July aswell as 5.4-RELEASE
> > >
> > > It's very irritating. I usually just use ndis instead because it is 
> > stable
> > > under 5.4-R
> > 
> > I have the same laptop. My observations are similar to yours.
> > 
> > I have been thinking of going back to ndis.
> 
> 
> 
> In fact, I don't ever recall IPW being stable in any revision since the 
> project began.

It was stable in 4.* after some patches to address the freezing 
issue.

> Now that it's in base, it's still not stable on my T41. I'd 
> put more effort into testing/debugging but I haven't had time or energy. 
> 
> Certainly Dan and I aren't the only ones having this issue? This issue being 
> instability and locking up when there's high traffic levels.

I can test patches.
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