Comment 316 for bug 621265

Just thought I'd post my experience with this bug and testing out the potential fix.

I have the following configuration:

nandan@nandan-Aspire-5920:~$ lspci -vnn | grep -A 1 Wireless
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection [8086:1000]
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
nandan@nandan-Aspire-5920:~$ uname -a
Linux nandan-Aspire-5920 2.6.35-27-generic #47lp621265v201102161837 SMP Wed Feb 16 18:51:57 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I did not compile the module provided by the Red Hat folks but only applied the kernel provided by Andy.

When using the 2.6.35-27 kernel , my speeds are back to normal, which is actually 1Mbps itself, since it is capped by the ISP :|
Prior to that my speeds were less than 1Mbps, closer to 512kbps, so there is some improvement from the earlier regression.

Unfortunately, I cannot test whether it does or doesnt go any faster than that at the moment, since my wifi at home is capped at 1Mbps :(

P.S. The subsystem on my 3965 wireless chip is [8086:1000] as well.
And I remember seeing a message like "Failed to initiate AccessPoint scan" in /var/log/syslog when using the default Maverick kernels. This message seems to be gone using the 2.6.35-27 kernel