Return-path: Received: from mms1.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.17]:3261 "EHLO mms1.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752123Ab1HRIMC (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:12:02 -0400 Message-ID: <4E4CC85A.7010504@broadcom.com> (sfid-20110818_101207_468611_0EA3A371) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:07:54 +0200 From: "Roland Vossen" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Dan Williams" cc: =?UTF-8?B?Q2FtYWxlw7Nu?= , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "devel@driverdev.osuosl.org" , "Brett Rudley" , "Henry Ptasinski" , "Arend Van Spriel" , "networkmanager-list@gnome.org" Subject: Re: brcmsmac driver only works when sitting next to the AP References: <20110814121646.GA5188@stt008.linux.site> <4E4A5641.4020604@broadcom.com> <1313509211.2065.36.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> <4E4B9A45.5090507@broadcom.com> In-Reply-To: <4E4B9A45.5090507@broadcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello Dan, can you reply ? Thanks, Roland. On 08/17/2011 12:39 PM, Roland Vossen wrote: >>> 'Aug 14 13:39:02 stt300 NetworkManager[1181]: >>> supplicant_interface_acquire: assertion `mgr_state == >>> NM_SUPPLICANT_MANAGER_STATE_IDLE' failed' >>> >>> I also see many 'wpa_supplicant[1204]: Failed to initiate AP scan' messages. >>> >>> There are no 'Failed to initiate AP scan' messages before the 'assertion >>> failed' message. I do not know if the 2nd message is a byproduct of the >>> 1st result. Regardless, a failed assertion is serious. I cc'ed the >>> network manager mailing list. > >> Yeah, the scanning issues are almost certainly what's causing stuff to >> fail; which obviously seems like a driver issue at this point. > > Well, the 1st sign that something goes wrong is the assert message in > NetworkManager. After that, the scans are the next things that go wrong. > So I don't understand why you think that this is a driver problem, I > would rather say this is a Network manager problem. Could you explain ? > > Thanks, Roland.