[Bug 414560] Re: ath9k disassociates/reassociates a lot

[Howard Chu]

There are a number of bug reports for NM already. You can start with
this

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/291760

and the subsequent Gnome bug report

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580185

I provided a patch to remove the offending background scanning behavior
in NM (the patch is attached to both of those bug reports) but the NM
guys still believe that background scanning is a Good Thing (never mind
the problems it causes, and never mind that other tools like wicd that
don't do background scanning work perfectly).

The Gnome NetworkManager bug list also has several bug reports related
to this scanning behavior, some people complaining that it doesn't scan
fast enough,

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403245

some complaining that it scans too much.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600246

Personally I think this feature is an exercise in futility, and they
really need to dump it and just go with manually invoked scanning.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=587796

But at this point, having sent numerous emails and samples of perfectly
good code to them and being ignored,

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551747

I don't have much hope that they're ever going to see the light. Look at
their bug list

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=product%3A"NetworkManager"+

it's got over 300 open bugs stretching back more than 3 years and they just ignore them.
 

** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #580185
   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580185

** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #403245
   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403245

** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #600246
   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600246

** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #587796
   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=587796

** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #551747
   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551747

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ath9k disassociates/reassociates a lot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414560
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