Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:40044 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755577Ab1DXINE (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:13:04 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] iwlwifi: split the drivers for agn and legacy devices 3945/4965 From: Johannes Berg To: Maxim Levitsky Cc: Wey-Yi Guy , linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Meenakshi Venkataraman In-Reply-To: <1303562444.11751.6.camel@maxim-laptop> References: <1298315209-17986-1-git-send-email-wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> <1298315209-17986-5-git-send-email-wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> <1303558517.8537.7.camel@maxim-laptop> <1303562444.11751.6.camel@maxim-laptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:13:01 +0200 Message-ID: <1303632781.3795.5.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, 2011-04-23 at 15:40 +0300, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > > This one came to me as a surprise, I updated the kernel, and whoops, the > > wireless led, blinks all the time! > > It turns out that in splitted driver iwl3945 doesn't have any led > > support, and indeed the light on my notebook doesn't change state often. > > It ether doesn't light up at all, or just blinks at constant rate. > OK, found the cause, it is dead simple, and in fact affects all intel > wireless card. > I wonder how such bug could escape unnoticed. > Nobody uses linux these days I guess.... :-( Wow, so you're one of the people who think the LED blinking is the most important thing... good job... Anyhow this was intentional, it's supposed to blink in that mode according to the product documentation. If you don't like it, you can now override it in sysfs. johannes