From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:41928 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753219Ab2JBSlD (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Oct 2012 14:41:03 -0400 Message-ID: <1349203294.10698.25.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20121002_204119_585344_A62D5C00) Subject: Re: Bug#684352: phy0/hp-wifi problems after kernel update from 2.6 to 3.2 From: Johannes Berg To: David Smith Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:41:34 +0200 In-Reply-To: (sfid-20121002_203720_153266_D0AF5DDE) References: (sfid-20121002_203720_153266_D0AF5DDE) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 02:37 +0800, David Smith wrote: > Trying again to send this to linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org. > Previously blocked because gmail put some html in there. > > Please CC: Anssi Hannula , > 684352@bugs.debian.org, sidicas2@gmail.com on replies. > Hello, I'm having a problem with my Intel 2200 wireless on my Compaq > Presario V4000T (made by HP) that has started happening after I > upgraded my kernel from 2.6 to 3.2. > > Problem: phy0 wireless state is incorrect. > After many many hours of searching, I discovered that running "rfkill > unblock all" is able to remove the "Hard Block" from phy0 and put the > wireless into this state: Since you can fix it that way, it must be a bug with the HP platform driver, so there's nothing we can do about it on the linux-wireless list, sorry. You might want to bisect the platform drivers to see which change caused this. johannes