* Re: Bug#673703: linux-image-3.2.0-2-686-pae: module ipw2100 doesn't report signal strength
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@ 2012-05-20 21:15 ` Ben Hutchings
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From: Ben Hutchings @ 2012-05-20 21:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-wireless; +Cc: 673703, Gennady N. Uraltsev
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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
> >
> > The ipw2100 module fails to report signal strength.
>
> ...when scanning.
>
> > 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.
> [...]
>
> 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.
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Ben Hutchings
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