From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:38723 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754107Ab2ETVP7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 May 2012 17:15:59 -0400 Message-ID: <1337548550.4107.363.camel@deadeye> (sfid-20120520_231603_219307_5207CA70) Subject: Re: Bug#673703: linux-image-3.2.0-2-686-pae: module ipw2100 doesn't report signal strength From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-wireless Cc: 673703@bugs.debian.org, "Gennady N. Uraltsev" Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 22:15:50 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1337548101.4107.357.camel@deadeye> References: <20120520204153.15102.40326.reportbug@halen.sns.it> <1337548101.4107.357.camel@deadeye> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-2q2a2Qrg9jZ7S614T49M" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-2q2a2Qrg9jZ7S614T49M Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2012-05-20 at 22:08 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sun, 2012-05-20 at 22:41 +0200, Gennady N. Uraltsev wrote: > > Package: linux-2.6 > > Version: 3.2.17-1 > > Severity: important > > Tags: upstream > >=20 > > The ipw2100 module fails to report signal strength. >=20 > ...when scanning. >=20 > > With a Intel 2100 3B mini card this makes it impossible to use standard= tools > > for wireless. As a matter of fact roaming decisions and many others of = standard > > software are based on these values. > [...] >=20 > This appears to be a hardware/firmware limitation, which will not be > fixed. I'm forwarding this on to linux-wireless in case someone can see a way to fix this. Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings All extremists should be taken out and shot. --=-2q2a2Qrg9jZ7S614T49M Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUAT7lfBue/yOyVhhEJAQrI4hAAs3W/87SyI+0TQ+0rPVS6KwMb2vAIDsvK hFyTpFpp9YVnpXhgyXwJzLZRSHNH56zYnRv15CY3iUyfkT2u1eqy3B2Jm2YTg2rX fMZScrebqkAlWnfO7pqG15FGyioXlEtCqGSSKeZaLr+K1lOXJ+R5s7SsTg94OGwj PUfeEFsrPwAY4FDPadCqnYxQHahOv19k1kB4uUX6rHi96qzrzHJUXzbXf2GpaMW8 6VtQ8NSVkJFYrP6oNTVMhaSIGyTrxbXHzR4koFv+fQI1tkntW6jOcYbhpd7FlD/n Vg6Hl8gsoGu7XAmY8DGC8izKaizk93/j37DrO0btZ0drJddE2w7lqfNa2zpIpNkB SMRXw03gLpeXDX817lI+TrZr65sU192uKD94re/rukOoIRswqpXRgMBA1AO44ngC i2kvCoASCUfxG4rtipRmUlw+BF7hinB/blF2W/K/PYxcpGopP9nc1NovXoa+lrlE K5nK27WBAo0ySRshLO0CvVPSKlzCjjR8tZ3HG/rArGYKH/emmY0qyHroPdUtSqY9 v+cWcVjuiJOnUZ9xQ4xd/d+UW2Llos2P91qJeirS9AGzm7eLT8uCrw0QOg9dhjBW iphwZRdnPZSf+jtaO12Ib8KSjswYKjVmNlHrR6k7PMdee3L7dTVJ0afmQFsp3iPG QFkR5FrqRgA= =tEzy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-2q2a2Qrg9jZ7S614T49M--