From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: 2.6.29-rc8: Reported regressions from 2.6.28 Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:44:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: (sfid-20090315_040645_344726_0E746861) <1237140665.24621.2.camel@johannes.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1237140665.24621.2.camel-YfaajirXv2244ywRPIzf9A@public.gmane.org> Sender: kernel-testers-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Johannes Berg Cc: Jeff Chua , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Adrian Bunk , Andrew Morton , Kernel Testers List , Network Development , "John W. Linville" On Sun, 15 Mar 2009, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 11:06 +0800, Jeff Chua wrote: > > > The commit below is causing problem with associating with the hidden AP as well. > > > 71c11fb57b924c160297ccd9e1761db598d00ac2 is first bad commit > > commit 71c11fb57b924c160297ccd9e1761db598d00ac2 > > Author: Johannes Berg > > Date: Tue Oct 28 18:29:48 2008 +0100 > > > > b43/legacy: remove SSID code > > > > The SSID programmed into the device is used by the ucode only > > to reply to probe requests, a functionality we disable anyway > > because it doesn't fit with the mac80211/hostapd programming > > model. Therefore, it isn't useful to program the SSID into > > device. > > That's not believable, sorry. I know exactly what the microcode uses the > SSID here for, and it never uses it when we're in station mode. Jeff - can you test the kernels before-and-after this commit (with _no_ other changes) and descibe the differences? Johannes - "not believable" is simply not an argument. If Jeff can show a difference, then your disbelief is totally irrelevant, and clearly shows that you are basing your beliefs on incorrect assumptions (like some specific version of firmware that isn't the whole story). Linus