From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:37794 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753739Ab0FPHqN (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:46:13 -0400 From: Sebastian Smolorz To: Kalle Valo Subject: Re: [RFC] Changes in mac80211 to make at76c50x-usb working again Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:46:54 +0200 Cc: Johannes Berg , "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Marcel Holtmann References: <201006151416.36686.Sebastian.Smolorz@gmx.de> <1276609006.3648.233.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <201006160946.54197.Sebastian.Smolorz@gmx.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Kalle Valo wrote: > On 15 June 2010 16:36, Johannes Berg wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 09:26 -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 02:16:36PM +0200, Sebastian Smolorz wrote: > >> > the at76c50x-usb driver fails to authenticate with an AP. > > > > We need more information on how it fails. > > I debugged this a long time ago. The problem is that firmware's > CMD_JOIN only works if bssid is correct one. I remember trying > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, but that didn't work for some reason. The join > command needs to be sent before association, otherwise transmission > won't work at all. And if I use a random bssid the firmware will > filter the replies. But I tested this a long time ago, I might > remember something wrong. > > I was thinking a hack which would get bssid from association frames > and then send CMD_JOIN, before the association frame. Could you elaborate a little bit on this? How do we proceed to make the driver working again? Do you want to work on this issue? -- Sebastian