Return-path: Received: from elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.62]:35840 "EHLO elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753662AbYFLU0G (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:26:06 -0400 Message-ID: <4851864B.4040103@earthlink.net> (sfid-20080612_222610_567193_3B5C071E) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:25:47 -0400 From: Stephen Clark Reply-To: sclark46@earthlink.net MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "John W. Linville" CC: Zhu Yi , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [ipw3945-devel] [BUG] iwlwifi 3945 works only with disable_hw_scan=1 References: <484FEA26.1040305@gmail.com> <1213241315.7814.696.camel@debian.sh.intel.com> <20080612135936.GA5031@tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: <20080612135936.GA5031@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: John W. Linville wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:28:35AM +0800, Zhu Yi wrote: > >> I don't understand why "disable_hw_scan=1" works for you. Can you also >> attach the dmesg for it? > > How does the hardware scan differ from what mac80211 does when > scanning? I still see a lot of mysterious iwlwifi (especially iwl3945) > problems in Fedora that seem to disappear with disable_hw_scan=1. > > Honestly I'm tempted to change it to "enable_hw_scan" instead... > > John It has been a while since I tested without "disable_hw_scan=1" - my 3945 works every time with it - last time I tested without it was very hit or miss. Sometimes taking over 10 minutes to get associated, sometimes never and this was with me right next to the WAP. I think the latest in the fedora kernel I am using is 1.26kds as I recall. Steve -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson)