Comment 188 for bug 971809

(In reply to comment #100)
> It appears there's some changes in kernel version 3.10-rc5 ath9k code (at
> kernel.org) - I'm compiling it and will be testing.
>
> Also trying some tests with the sensitivity (not seeing not-so-close
> networks)
> - appears that with 3.6.11 and 3.7.1 I can see & connect to my regular
> network
> while with 3.8.0 and 3.10-rc4 I can't see it. Testing next with 3.7.4.
> Hopefully with this I can find out which change(s) made the sensitivity
> worse.

Between 3.7 and 3.8 there were two commits for AR9485 (the rest are for PAPRD, which is disabled for all chips).

a796a1d ath9k_hw: Fix RX gain initvals for AR9485
413c030 ath9k_hw: Update AR9485 initvals

Can you try this patch ?

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2696121/