From: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
To: Chris Clayton <chris2553@googlemail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.33.rc1-git3 - regression in rt61pci driver
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:58:12 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1261609092.2774.4.camel@mj> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c6b1100b0912231448v759eac55kfb3dd1e6d6186c73@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 22:48 +0000, Chris Clayton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm not subscribed, so please cc me on any reply.
>
> I've built and installed today's -git kernel
> (v2.6.33-rc1-225-gc9f937e) and find that my (rt61pci) wireless card no
> longer works. All the usual drivers are loaded when I insert the card.
> The card works fine with 2.6.32.2 (as long as I disable power saving).
>
> The symptoms are that:
>
> 1. The file /proc/net/wireless never appears
>
> 2. iwconfig gives "wlan0 no wireless extensions."
Have a closer look at your .config file. I guess CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT
is not defined there. It's needed to make cfg80211 capable devices
support wireless extensions.
You can try using iw to configure your card. That's the new utility.
[dropping cc to LKML, it's a purely wireless issue]
--
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-23 22:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-23 22:48 2.6.33.rc1-git3 - regression in rt61pci driver Chris Clayton
2009-12-23 22:58 ` Pavel Roskin [this message]
2009-12-23 23:43 ` Chris Clayton
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