Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:42392 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752855AbZIYInn (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:43:43 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.31-git wireless broken From: Johannes Berg To: Hugh Dickins Cc: "John W. Linville" , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <1253813740.3868.324.camel@johannes.local> <1253816614.3868.406.camel@johannes.local> <1253856038.3868.500.camel@johannes.local> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-E3MgaVi3N7cW6e72LS+H" Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:43:34 +0200 Message-Id: <1253868214.3868.713.camel@johannes.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-E3MgaVi3N7cW6e72LS+H Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 09:06 +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote: > Should be, but you're right, for whatever reason it is not running > with these recent kernels. >=20 > I expect that correlates with iwconfig showing me ESSID:off/any. Well it showing you that means that nothing is even trying to connect :) > I'm thinking that (unless you've a better idea) I should do another > bisect for when that behaviour starts - hoping that whatever problem > led me to your patch, got fixed up later on, but superseded by this > different problem. Not sure, might be very time consuming. > The bootup messages on the Aspire One tell me: > wlan0 device: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wirele= ss PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) > wlan0 is controlled by ifplugd > wlan0 =20 > waiting > wlan0 device: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wirele= ss PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) > wlan0 ifplugd is running > wlan0 no cable connected > wlan0 DHCP4 client NOT running > wlan0 =20 >=20 > And the bootup messages on the Fujitsu Siemens say: > wlan0 device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Netw= ork Connection (rev 02) > wlan0 is controlled by ifplugd > wlan0 =20 > wlan0 device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Netw= ork Connection (rev 02) > wlan0 ifplugd is running > wlan0 no cable connected > wlan0 . . . is just beeing set up > wlan0 =20 >=20 > In each case, "no cable connected". Oi. This looks like it doesn't know that it's a wireless device I guess? johannes --=-E3MgaVi3N7cW6e72LS+H Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAABAgAGBQJKvIKyAAoJEODzc/N7+QmaUPwQAJgcl2uT99MxgJ931sadjL3h QrwGW99mF4ku+T4CzTuqAUhkn9p2OVMkrCtnXkH/KaOXWXkZI1psG/2xznT2tNTS rTlEVN2mMah8wW2EgKU6N+qsu0sR9ysPz8MislQoURyte0s5cWGWVM0eWkZHkv1E KkpxnzKhr7K22xC4rvqWwyrdTMxIY9S5mlVcLDVCilpMSiBFQ3Nq2gChpjMaJJF6 jJMNE+uj3SFXBIBzjD8ky0lU74WHz7pxpIvkCnqOAq+JHfJtoXodDnL46mm6EPux Deh0kIPzvISwVuxUWI+kohvaq9aCXSW3htFzVZ/L7lYP6sIUla1eUq5IwQtbx20T akJX+vbzhYXENB2eCsf2Fpk88NCzxky77aZ4SmQl0N+6eiroPq8yxzOXtqJI/B/l EM3BGwTXDvwg9K4YoSF/AVnnP1pdDazKulUZiaQVKJYovAErmeT58XABnP4ECtCz RCJWhWhyO9yvt3/cOdK7PAcKYOn+XS0mrLw053veOhh4rgQRu0KZxqJqUWkuR9km pa/Yd4ZUjm7pSvKe+74FEmCdmonGQYCPhYtlZUDRtGVDpMwT77H5PMCNijexCF4G goZs1F3Se1xDutZUlsT8JeftEiSSOCHT7HPkkQwDXPHvP2hkD69DhPipb1/jN8jw e3gN/16zy1Q7VHgnSTvK =zFgN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-E3MgaVi3N7cW6e72LS+H--