Re: [PATCH] rtl8187: always set MSR_LINK_ENEDCA flag with RTL8187B

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>]

Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
> 
> This seems to be related to a problem I reported a while back - see
> the "compat-wireless won't associate on 2nd load" thread, I wrote on
> May 31. Supposedly I had that problem about a week before that, the
> date on the patch from Johannes is May 14, but I just went back to
> look at the mailing list archive and it looks like there were some
> problem with applying and John did some fix on 20th. So it seems that
> it might be the source of my not being able to load compat-wireless a
> 2nd time; and the description of the problem sounds like it too.
> 
> Sorry I haven't been doing much with compat-wireless lately, so I have
> no firm data whether I have the same problem or not since May - that
> problem only happens if I switch from one compat-wireless to another
> compat-wireless, without rebooting - while I have tried
> compat-wireless in the last two months, I don't think I have followed
> compat-wireless as closely as I should to have two successive
> compat-wireless. I probably should go and have a try now.

This problem was quite strange. My system would fail when the RTL8187B
was inserted when the system booted. Unloading the driver did not
help, but removing/reinstalling the card fixed the problem. As all my
testing had been to install the card after booting, I never saw the
failure.


Larry