Re: [patch] workaround zd1201 interference problem

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

I'll try to.

> >if you plug zd1201 into USB, it starts jamming radio,
> >immediately. Enable/disable, or iwlist wlan0 scan, or basically any
> >operation unjams the radio. This patch works it around:
> 
> Can we be any more specific?
> 
> What is the interference - is it transmitting random packets, or just 
> emitting a magical cloud of invisible anti-wifi?

Magical cloud, I'm afraid.

> At which precise point does the interference start? 

When the card is inserted.

> Does it happen even 
> without the driver loaded?

Will try.

> Which operation is the one which stops the interference, the enable or 
> the disable?

Disable alone was not enough to stop interference.

> Does this happen on every plug in, or just sometimes? 

In 70% or so.

> Is it affected by 
> usage patterns such as having the device plugged in throughout boot, 
> reloading the module, etc?

Will try.
									Pavel
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