Signal sensitivity problem with if_rum

[Paul B. Mahol]

On 5/3/09, Gustau Perez <gperez at entel.upc.edu> wrote:
>
>> That information is misleading, I remmember reading somewhere that linux
>> rt73
>> had similar problems like rum but it got fixed, and is not present in
>> new kernels.
>> I think that problem originated for linux from now obsolete drivers.
>>
>> On what linux version and what drivers version do you experience
>> similar problems
>> with signal sensitivity like with rum?
>>
>>
>    Hi,
>
>    I'm seeing this in ubuntu 9.04 (kernel 2.6.28). It shows more or less
> the same figures we have in FBSD.

Try older versions, 8.X perhaps.

Linux folks tends to break various things all the time ...

>    In linux, Bbp17 can be changed from userpace making iwconfig ${dev}
> bbp 17=0. But it automatically restores its previous value. Autotuning
> seems to be enable and I don't know how to disable it (the post I sent a
> few days ago about this is wrong or doesn't apply).

I dont belive that things are so much simple that changing only one bbp
all the time will fix signal sensitivity.

-- 
Paul