Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:2360 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751520AbYCaTdT (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:33:19 -0400 Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:02:25 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Thomas =?iso-8859-1?Q?B=E4chler?= Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: mac80211 bug? no data is being transmitted after interface is brought down and then up again Message-ID: <20080331190225.GA12933@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20080331_203333_356166_CE46FB5E) References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 07:32:51PM +0100, Thomas B=E4chler wrote: > My question is, should this be considered a bug in mac80211? > IMO, when an interface is brought down and then up again, one of the=20 > following things should happen: > 1) Everything works as before > 2) Nothing works, but the card disassociates from the network. #2 would be my vote. > The current behaviour (card stays associated, but no data is transmit= ted=20 > any more) is unintuitive and costed me much time. Seems like a bug to me. Would you mind opening a bug at bugzilla.kernel.org? Thanks! John --=20 John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html