Return-path: Received: from SMTP.ANDREW.CMU.EDU ([128.2.10.159]:37081 "EHLO smtp.andrew.cmu.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753891AbYI0ROj (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:14:39 -0400 Received: from whitestar.squill.dementia.org (198-144-37-134.static.vdsl.nidhog.net [198.144.37.134]) (user=cg2v mech=GSSAPI (0 bits)) by smtp.andrew.cmu.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m8RH1abC010980 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:01:37 -0400 Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:01:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Chaskiel Grundman To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Problems with iwlagn in compat-wireless-2.6-old Message-ID: (sfid-20080927_191458_556726_F6850733) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I am running debian lenny (64bit, 2.6.26 kernel) on a dell D830 that has an intel 4965 wireless device. I started using compat-wireless-2.6-old in the hope that it would help with connection stability issues I was having on some networks. older versions of compat-wireless-2.6-old (at commit c69eab63a99699566501604b7ea78293b04f248f) work fairly well for me, but may be contributing to kernel panics. Releases of compat-wireless-2.6-old newer than that do not work. There is a build problem that I worked around but cannot fix (I needed to put iwlagn-y += iwl-4965.o in iwlwifi/Makefile in order for the iwlagn module to include the 4965 code). The real problem is that I cannot associate to any AP. scanning works, but dmesg reports that authentication times out. This happens on A and B/G frequencies, and for wpa and open networks.