From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
reinette.chatre@intel.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix iwl3945 registration regression
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:46:37 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49DE0A4D.7010408@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <da94abde0904090720t3c9d5f88ta25b2b2bf71cba35@mail.gmail.com>
Kalle Valo wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Johannes Berg
> <johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
>> I forgot that iwl3945 registration is separate from iwlagn.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
>
> Thanks, this fixed the problem for me.
>
> Tested-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>
>
> Although I wasn't able to get iwl3945 working yet:
>
> Apr 9 17:06:57 tikku kernel: [ 16.586612] iwl3945: Intel(R)
> PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.26kd
> Apr 9 17:06:57 tikku kernel: [ 16.591406] iwl3945: Copyright(c)
> 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
> Apr 9 17:06:57 tikku kernel: [ 16.596203] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: PCI
> INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> Apr 9 17:06:57 tikku kernel: [ 16.600996] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0:
> setting latency timer to 64
> Apr 9 17:06:57 tikku kernel: [ 16.660038] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0:
> Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels
> Apr 9 17:06:57 tikku kernel: [ 16.664799] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0:
> Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
> Apr 9 17:06:57 tikku kernel: [ 16.669786] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: irq
> 29 for MSI/MSI-X
> Apr 9 17:06:57 tikku kernel: [ 16.675157] phy0: Selected rate
> control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'
> Apr 9 17:06:57 tikku kernel: [ 16.681674] phy0: Failed to initialize wep: -2
> Apr 9 17:06:57 tikku kernel: [ 16.695543] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0:
> Failed to register hw (error -2)
> Apr 9 17:06:57 tikku kernel: [ 16.700576] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: PCI
> INT A disabled
> Apr 9 17:06:57 tikku kernel: [ 16.705359] iwl3945: probe of
> 0000:03:00.0 failed with error -2
>
> Maybe this is the infamous module loading bug I see people talking
> about? I'll investigate it later.
Yes it is. The key is the "Failed to initialize wep", which is caused by a
failure to load modules ecb and arc4. Apply that patch and all will be well.
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-09 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-09 5:56 iwl3945 regression: WARNING: at net/wireless/core.c:291 Kalle Valo
2009-04-09 7:56 ` [PATCH] fix iwl3945 registration regression Johannes Berg
2009-04-09 14:20 ` Kalle Valo
2009-04-09 14:46 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2009-04-09 14:57 ` John W. Linville
2009-04-09 15:28 ` Larry Finger
2009-04-10 4:29 ` Kalle Valo
2009-04-09 15:46 ` reinette chatre
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