After much searching and reading: http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650
The article explains why the ipw3945 driver is *so* good. The implication is that the iwl3945 driver is *so* bad because it lacks proprietary algorithms from Intel. This offers no hope of improvement in the iwl3945. The patch for the ipw3945 driver that allows it to work under 8.04 is reported to work. Please make it available through the channel as restricted rights driver. First it needs to work, if it is open source or not is a secondary consideration. -- iwl3945 random connection drops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227279 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
