Return-path: Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.237]:45036 "EHLO rv-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754103AbZHUM3L (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:29:11 -0400 Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id f6so245033rvb.1 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:29:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A8E9315.3000709@lwfinger.net> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:29:09 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hin-Tak Leung CC: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, "John W. Linville" , Hin-Tak Leung , "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtl8187: always set MSR_LINK_ENEDCA flag with RTL8187B References: <200908202116.17847.herton@mandriva.com.br> <4A8DF356.8000501@lwfinger.net> <3ace41890908202054j62fda37ei64262890c6959f95@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3ace41890908202054j62fda37ei64262890c6959f95@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > > This seems to be related to a problem I reported a while back - see > the "compat-wireless won't associate on 2nd load" thread, I wrote on > May 31. Supposedly I had that problem about a week before that, the > date on the patch from Johannes is May 14, but I just went back to > look at the mailing list archive and it looks like there were some > problem with applying and John did some fix on 20th. So it seems that > it might be the source of my not being able to load compat-wireless a > 2nd time; and the description of the problem sounds like it too. > > Sorry I haven't been doing much with compat-wireless lately, so I have > no firm data whether I have the same problem or not since May - that > problem only happens if I switch from one compat-wireless to another > compat-wireless, without rebooting - while I have tried > compat-wireless in the last two months, I don't think I have followed > compat-wireless as closely as I should to have two successive > compat-wireless. I probably should go and have a try now. This problem was quite strange. My system would fail when the RTL8187B was inserted when the system booted. Unloading the driver did not help, but removing/reinstalling the card fixed the problem. As all my testing had been to install the card after booting, I never saw the failure. Larry