linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/13] wlags49

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Date:	Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:59:52 +0100
From:	Dave Kilroy <kilroyd@...glemail.com>
To:	henk.de.groot@...net.nl
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, greg@...ah.com, pe1dnn@...at.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] wlags49_h2: Various cleanups

On 16/09/2011 22:10, Henk de Groot wrote:
> I applied your patches against the current 3.0 linux kernel driver code
> and compiled it on my Ubuntu 11.04 system (2.6.38-11). I can confirm the
> modified driver is still working okay using a Thomson Speedtouch 110
> Wifi card with WEP.

Thanks for confirming this.

> WPA was - and I guess still is - non functional.

Do you have any idea why this is happening? If the WPA bits are verbatim 
from the 7.22 Agere driver this should be functional. I can only think 
that some WEXT changes have caused this breakage.

> The only known problem (besides WPA) is removal and reinserting the
> PCMCIA card. It is not recognized anymore on that slot. The card works
> on a second PCMCIA slot. This is old behaviour and not due to your
> changes (however this worked with older kernels).

I have less idea about what is happening here, but it sounds like 
there's insufficient initialisation/cleanup.

If you post (or point me at) a WPA supplicant log (with -ddd) I'll take 
a look at the problem. I may also submit a patch to remove the unused 
code in wl_wext.c - it seems trivial to fix up.

Dave.
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