Comment 233 for bug 1220146

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Ievgen (hexvolt) wrote :

> As an aside, would it help if more people contact mediatek? I sent a question on their webform but haven't received a reply.
 I sent them this mail about a week ago:

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Hey, guys

do you realize how many problems have you done to thousands of 'lucky' users that had bought a laptop with your MT7630 wifi/bluetooth card inside? Your drivers for this card are awful (either Windows or Linux based)! I met the people using this on windows8.1 and complained for periodical device disappearing.

I'm personally trying to use this device on Linux (different versions of Ubuntu) - it somehow works but eats 100% cpu load, discharging my battery and increasing cpu temperature all the time! Just look at this thread: (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1220146) - actually it is about your guys drivers for MT7630 - all the people have the same problems on linux. Look how long it is discussed - and there is still no decision. Are you not supporting your own products? The last linux driver is V3.14 from 6/25/2014 - but still the same problems, 100% cpu load, any updates, like it's all ok. Have you tested this before releasing to the market at all? A lot of people can't deal with this, changing their laptops, writing complaints to retailers, buying new wifi-cards, spending their money for services (just look through that link I've provided) - and that's all because of your great drivers for your widely used wifi card. Please, answer me, I'm very disappointed
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Still no answer. I think the only thing we can do is to write complaints to our laptop's manufacturers just to prevent them using Mediatek cards in future.