Re: Potential iwlwifi locking problem in 2.6.26-git9

From: Tomas Winkler
Date: Wed Jul 23 2008 - 18:02:27 EST


On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:49 AM, Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 05:36:30PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
>>
>> Is this a new one? I don't think I've seen this on LKML....
>
> The context of this was I had just booted to 2.6.26-git9, noted with
> annoyance that that the iwl4965 driver needed a new microcode file, so
> I popped in my EVDO card, downloaded the firmware, moved the firmware
> into place, and then got the above error message.
>
> I've since noted that it seems to be utterly refusing to associate
> with my wireless access point. This was working just fine with
> 2.6.26-git6 kernel, so it looks like a recent regression? I just
> noticed someone else had recently complained about a similar "refusal
> to associate" with the iwl3945 driver.

I'm not sure but this can be connected to what is described in thread:
'New: dhcp doesn't work with iwl4965'
Tomas
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