Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758665AbZCOKmS (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:42:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755401AbZCOKl5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:41:57 -0400 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:43029 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755214AbZCOKlz (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:41:55 -0400 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: Jeff Chua Subject: Re: 2.6.29-rc8: Reported regressions from 2.6.28 Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:41:58 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.1 (Linux/2.6.29-rc8-tst; KDE/4.2.1; x86_64; ; ) Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Kernel Testers List , Network Development , Johannes Berg , "John W. Linville" References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200903151141.59098.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2004 Lines: 54 On Sunday 15 March 2009, Jeff Chua wrote: > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Jeff Chua wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:01 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > >> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12414 > >> Subject : iwl4965 cannot use "ap auto" on latest 2.6.28/29? > >> Submitter : Jeff Chua > >> Date : 2009-01-05 4:13 (69 days old) > >> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123112882127823&w=4 > > > > Still not working in linux-2.6.29-rc8. Broken after the commit below. > > There were many changes to wireless after this commit, and simply > > reverting this commit will break compiling. > > > > Jeff. > > > > > > > > commit 41bb73eeac5ff5fb217257ba33b654747b3abf11 > > Author: Johannes Berg > > Date: Wed Oct 29 01:09:37 2008 +0100 > > > > mac80211: remove SSID driver code > > > > The commit below is causing problem with associating with the hidden AP as well. > > Thanks, > Jeff. > > > 71c11fb57b924c160297ccd9e1761db598d00ac2 is first bad commit > commit 71c11fb57b924c160297ccd9e1761db598d00ac2 > Author: Johannes Berg > Date: Tue Oct 28 18:29:48 2008 +0100 > > b43/legacy: remove SSID code > > The SSID programmed into the device is used by the ucode only > to reply to probe requests, a functionality we disable anyway > because it doesn't fit with the mac80211/hostapd programming > model. Therefore, it isn't useful to program the SSID into > device. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Thanks for the update. Rafael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/