I’ve switched back to the Debian stock kernel 2.6.23 from a self-compiled 2.6.23.9. The reason: I wanted to give the iwlwifi driver for my Intel 3945 wireless a try.

I think the ‘iwlwifi’ driver will be included upstream in 2.6.24, I guess the Debian people have added it to the 2.6.23 package themselves. At least I didn’t come across it when configuring my 2.6.23.9, and I’ve seen it in the 2.6.24rc changelogs.

So far, the iwlwifi driver has been clearly superios, except it still lacks support for the LED. There seems to be a patch around for that though. So maybe my wireless is still disconnecting from time to time and I’m just not noticing it because I don’t see the LED flashing. :-)