Re: [HOTFIX] Re: mac80211/iwl4965: ad-hoc broken in 2.6.25-rc1

[Patrick Grimm <patrick@lunatiki.de>]

Am Samstag, 16. Februar 2008 01:19:07 schrieb Patrick Grimm:
> Am Freitag, 15. Februar 2008 22:12:36 schrieb Richard Scherping:
> > Chatre, Reinette schrieb:
> > >>> One more question ... did ad-hoc work for you before this patch?
> > >>
> > >> No. In my tests only ipw3945 works in Ad-Hoc mode.
> > >
> > > ok - that explains things. The patch assumes that ad-hoc mode is
> > > working, which is unfortunately not the case. We have to fix this.
> > >
> > > Reinette
> >
> > As I said, I have tested with iwl4965 only. Seems as if there are more
> > problems with ad-hoc and iwl3945. Did ad-hoc work in the "old" iwl3945
> > (before the API change with old version 1.1.17, compared to new version
> > 1.2.23/26)?
>
> I have made some short tests with my working kernel 2.6.23.
With 2 Ad-Hoc Nodes.
> Version 1.1.17 - 1.1.22 Ad-Hoc mode is working.
> Version 1.1.23 -            Ad-Hoc mode is not working.

The iwlwifi versions 1.1.17 - everything is not working
with more then 2 Ad-Hoc Nodes.

Please keep me updated I will test your patches again.

Patrick