linux-kernel - Re: iwlagn broken in next-20090514 and next-20090515

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Message-Id: <1242662635.32358.523.camel@rc-desk>
Date:	Mon, 18 May 2009 09:03:55 -0700
From:	reinette chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:	Nico -telmich- Schottelius <nico-linux-next@...ottelius.org>,
	"linux-next@...r.kernel.org" <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	johannes@...solutions.net
Subject: Re: iwlagn broken in next-20090514 and next-20090515

On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 00:15 -0700, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Add cc's
> 
> On Fri, 15 May 2009 12:26:21 +0200 Nico -telmich- Schottelius <nico-linux-next@...ottelius.org> wrote:
> >
> > Kernel is not authenticating it against the AP anymore with
> > messages like:
> > 
> > [16907.701634] wlan0: associate with AP 00:03:52:4e:f3:d1
> > [16907.703669] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:03:52:4e:f3:d1 (capab=0x421 status=0 aid=5)
> > [16907.703672] wlan0: associated
> > [16907.729958] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)

This is usually printed when your user application (wpa_supplicant,
network manager, etc.) goes down or disassociates.

> > [16907.852112] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:03:52:1b:f8:31 try 1
> > [16908.052086] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:03:52:1b:f8:31 try 2
> > [16908.055331] wlan0 direct probe responded
> > [16908.055335] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:03:52:1b:f8:31
> > [16908.256065] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:03:52:1b:f8:31
> > [16908.453689] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:03:52:1b:f8:31
> > [16908.656037] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:03:52:1b:f8:31 timed out

Don't know what is going on here. Could your AP be out of reach or not
responding?

> > 
> > Also wpa_supplicant is not happy:
> > 
> > + wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -iwlan0 -c /home/user/nico/ethz/wlan/wpa_supplicant.conf
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such file or directory
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such file or directory
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such file or directory
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such file or directory
> > 

There were some changes recently to this ioctl, but I am not familiar
with details. Johannes will know.

Reinette

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