Subject: Re: 2.6.26: iwl4965 problems changing interface mode
From: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
To: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Cc: wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:58:02 +0800
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On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 18:09 -0500, Daniel Drake wrote:
> # ifconfig wlan0 up
> 
> iwl4965: U iwl4965_mac_start enter
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
> PM: Writing back config space on device 0000:03:00.0 at offset 1 (was 
> 100102, writing 100106)
> iwl4965: Radio disabled by SW RF kill (module parameter)
> ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:00.0 disabled
> iwl4965: U iwl4965_mac_start leave - failed
> 
> It's interesting how RF kill plays into it. I definitely didn't press 
> the RF kill switch.

I don't see this problem from my side. Do you have some wireless scripts
hook the interface event and issues a `iwconfig wlan0 txpower off` in
turn? Please see if it is the case with the iwconfig Tx-power entry
result.

Thanks,
-yi