Re: [2.6.28-rc2]: iwl4965 doesn't connect / cfg80211 failure

[Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:33:37 +0800
Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 18:02 -0700, Mirco Tischler wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I have problems connecting to wlan with my iwl4965 chip and
> > 2.6.28-rc2 (didn't test -rc1). Networkmanager just times out every
> > time. Only after playing around with rmmod/modprobe and killswitch
> > I am sometimes able to connect. But I cannot reproduce this
> > reliably yet.
> > 
> > This is what I get in dmesg (from modprobe iwlagn to connection
> > failure):
> > 
> > [ 1881.884690] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for
> > Linux,1.3.27kds
> > [ 1881.884692] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation
> > [ 1881.884809] iwlagn 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level,
> > low) -> IRQ 18 [ 1881.884836] iwlagn 0000:06:00.0: setting latency
> > timer to 64 [ 1881.884952] iwlagn: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi
> > Link 4965AGN REV=0x4 [ 1881.935149] iwlagn: Tunable channels: 13
> > 802.11bg, 19 802.11a channels [ 1881.936327] phy4: Selected rate
> > control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs' [ 1885.965591] iwlagn 0000:06:00.0:
> > PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 [ 1885.965874] iwlagn
> > 0000:06:00.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X [ 1885.965974] iwlagn
> > 0000:06:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode
> > [ 1886.181600] Registered led device: iwl-phy4:radio [ 1886.181618]
> > Registered led device: iwl-phy4:assoc [ 1886.181635] Registered led
> > device: iwl-phy4:RX [ 1886.181654] Registered led device:
> > iwl-phy4:TX [ 1886.213631] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not
> > ready [ 1887.572768] iwlagn: TX Power requested while scanning!
> 
> Looks good so far. But I failed to see what are you trying to connect?
> Can you try "iwconfig wlan0 channnel <> essid <>"?
> 

I had this same issue

turning on CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY fixed it for me....

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