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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:35:14 +0200
From: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com>
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To: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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Subject: Re: Problem with Cisco MPI350/airo
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James Morris wrote:
> I've got an x31 thinkpad with an MPI350 card, which has worked more or 
> less reliably for several years.
> 
> With current git and Fedora kernels, the wireless dies some time after 
> boot, with the following types of messages ending up in syslog:
> 
> Sep 19 16:36:32 localhost kernel: airo(eth0): cmd:1 status:7f21 rsp0:21 rsp1:0 rsp2:2eab
> Sep 19 16:36:32 localhost kernel: airo(eth0): Bad MAC enable reason=21, rid=0, offset=11947
> Sep 19 16:36:33 localhost kernel: airo(eth0): cmd:2 status:7f02 rsp0:0 rsp1:0 rsp2:2eab
> Sep 19 16:36:33 localhost kernel: airo(eth0): cmd:1 status:7f01 rsp0:2 rsp1:0 rsp2:2eab
> Sep 19 16:36:33 localhost kernel: airo(eth0): Bad MAC enable reason=2, rid=0, offset=11947
> Sep 19 16:36:33 localhost kernel: airo(eth0): cmd:3 status:7f03 rsp0:0 rsp1:0 rsp2:2eab
> 
> NetworkManager seems to lose contact with the card, then fails & asks for 
> a new key (which it doesn't actually need).
> 
> Sep 19 16:37:03 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation 
> (eth0/wireless): association took too long (>20s), asking for
>  new key. 
> 
> Anyone seen this before, and/or know what's happening ?
> 
> 
> - James

Mine doesn't do that. Can you try replacing airo.c with the version from
2.6.22 ?
git-checkout v2.6.22 drivers/net/wireless/airo.c

Does it make it work correctly again?

Michal
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