Return-path: Received: from mail-forward1.uio.no ([129.240.10.70]:53505 "EHLO mail-forward1.uio.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753465Ab2FSSwb (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:52:31 -0400 Received: from exim by mail-out1.uio.no with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.75) (envelope-from ) id 1Sh3XS-00030w-0Z for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:52:30 +0200 Message-ID: <4FE0CA6C.3080002@cern.ch> (sfid-20120619_205234_104849_63C7F693) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:52:28 +0200 From: Jon Wikne MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org CC: Mohammed Shafi , Jon Wikne Subject: Re: Mysterious hangs - cfg80211 - ath9k References: <4FE03291.5030202@cern.ch> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06/19/2012 11:39 AM, Mohammed Shafi wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Jon Wikne wrote: >> Hi List, >> >> I am experiencing a puzzling problem with WLAN on a Toshiba Qosmio >> F750 laptop, running CERN SLC 5.8 (mostly identical to RHEL 5.8), >> but with kernel 2.6.39.4. (The kernel that came with the distro did >> not work properly with WLAN on this machine at all.) > > please quickly try > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download#Where_to_download_bleeding_edge I tried to install compat-wireless-2012-05-10. It worked for 4? hours, then same problem. Maybe there is something wrong with my understanding here, but I do not see why the "cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain" should occur hours after the connection has been established, and what triggers it, apparently at random.... > or the latest wireless testing tree > http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/git-guide#Cloning_latest_wireless-testing Is there a reason to believe it could make a difference if I try this too? Regards, -- Jon Wikne