[ltp] t61 with atheros wifi - prefered driver (madwifi - ath5k) and wifi led

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:41:20 +0200


On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 20:15:11 +0300, Micha wrote:

[...]

> Which one is better, mostly, is ath5k mature enough or should I stick with
> madwifi for now. Also any idea regarding the connection issue?

Ath5 is new and work in progress, but included in the vanilla kernel.
Madwifi is quite stable and mature, but it requires external modules
due to the closed source binary blob.

If you don't update your kernels that often and can live with a tainted
kernel, I'd recommend madwifi for now.

Regards,
Tino