linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.21-rc3-mm1

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Message-Id: <200703082027.l28KRi4I022669@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:44 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc3-mm1

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:34:04 EST, "John W. Linville" said:
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 12:56:58PM -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> > On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:18:39 PST, Andrew Morton said:
> > >   ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.21-rc3/2.6.21-rc3-mm1/
> > 
> > Mostly working for me.
> > 
> > > - The wireless changes in here need a lot of testers, please.  It is major
> > >   rework.
> > 
> > Working on it - the new MAC80211 stack landed in the -mm tree, but the matching
> > iwlwifi driver for the Intel 3945ABG is still out-of-tree and acting wonky
> > for me.  The card comes up, 'iwlist scanning' sees 4 access points, but it
> > won't associate.  Not sure what I borked up.
> 
> FWIW, I have had best results w/ that driver by manually selecting
> the freq and ap as well as essid.

Confirmed - if I used 'iwconfig ap <mac address> channel <n>' to match something
I found via 'iwlist scan', it was able to associate and connect.

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