Return-path: Received: from mail30s.wh2.ocn.ne.jp ([125.206.180.198]:14123 "HELO mail30s.wh2.ocn.ne.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1756187Ab0LMCSd (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:18:33 -0500 Received: from vs3015.wh2.ocn.ne.jp (125.206.180.247) by mail30s.wh2.ocn.ne.jp (RS ver 1.0.95vs) with SMTP id 0-0827716710 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:18:31 +0900 (JST) From: Bruno Randolf To: Jonathan Guerin Subject: Re: ath5k: IBSS Join Fail Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:18:30 +0900 Cc: "linux-wireless" , "ath5k-devel" References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <201012131118.30405.br1@einfach.org> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu December 9 2010 11:36:17 Jonathan Guerin wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently running 2 Linux nodes. One is running kernel version > 2.6.37-rc2, the other -rc5. I'm finding that the rc5 node refuses to > join the IBSS, and simply ignores any probe requests from other > stations. The card is working fine (i.e. I can see other frames coming > up on a monitor-mode interface). The rc2 station sends out probe > requests upon joining the IBSS, but the rc5 station does not. > Reverting the rc5 station to rc2 means that it joins the IBSS > correctly. I'm having a look through the commits to see if any changes > occurred which may affect an IBSS join. I realise I could also bisect, > but it takes me 40mins to rebuild a kernel, so I'm just wondering if > anyone can think of something I can start the search on to fix this? True, something broke IBSS merge. Same problem here, I'll try to bisect. bruno