Re: 3.4-merge: iwlwifi needs more than 1 minute to connect

[Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>]

Just to close this thread ...

the problem has been fixed with this patch from Johannes Berg:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=133296144416566&w=2

Regards,
Oliver

On 26.03.2012 17:20, Oliver Hartkopp wrote:

> Sorry - my assumption was too fast ...
> 
> 
> At the fourth reboot i got the problem even with the reverted patches from Amit.
> 
> Sorry for the noise :-(
> 
> [   15.118888] wlan0: authenticate with bc:05:43:94:1a:da
> [   15.122519] wlan0: send auth to bc:05:43:94:1a:da (try 1/3)
> [   15.160486] wlan0: authenticated
> [   15.160625] wlan0: waiting for beacon from bc:05:43:94:1a:da
> [   15.189007] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: ACTIVATE a non DRIVER active station id 0 addr bc:05:43:94:1a:da
> [   28.270782] wlan0: authenticate with bc:05:43:94:1a:da
> [   28.274505] wlan0: send auth to bc:05:43:94:1a:da (try 1/3)
> [   28.277125] wlan0: authenticated
> [   28.277184] wlan0: waiting for beacon from bc:05:43:94:1a:da
> [   28.306245] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: ACTIVATE a non DRIVER active station id 0 addr bc:05:43:94:1a:da
> [   41.427670] wlan0: authenticate with bc:05:43:94:1a:da
> [   41.431301] wlan0: send auth to bc:05:43:94:1a:da (try 1/3)
> [   41.434021] wlan0: authenticated
> [   41.434668] wlan0: associate with bc:05:43:94:1a:da (try 1/3)
> [   41.437357] wlan0: RX AssocResp from bc:05:43:94:1a:da (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=3)
> [   41.437363] wlan0: associated
> [   41.447928] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
> 
> Regards,
> Oliver
> 
> On 26.03.2012 17:13, Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
> 
>>
>> On 26.03.2012 16:18, Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
>>
>>> On 26.03.2012 12:05, Johannes Berg wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Oliver,
>>>>
>>>>> i'm using the *very* latest 3.4-merge tree from Linus and my Wifi now needs
>>>>> more than one minute to connect to my access point.
>>>>
>>>>> [   16.288562] wlan0: authenticate with bc:05:43:94:1a:da
>>>>> [   16.299644] wlan0: send auth to bc:05:43:94:1a:da (try 1/3)
>>>>> [   16.302060] wlan0: authenticated
>>>>> [   16.302492] wlan0: waiting for beacon from bc:05:43:94:1a:da
>>>>> [   16.432398] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: ACTIVATE a non DRIVER active station id 0 addr bc:05:43:94:1a:da
>>>>
>>>> This is an odd message. I need to figure out how that can even happen.
>>>>
>>>> What's the beacon interval on your AP? It seems more likely that this is
>>>> a problem with RX though.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Johannes and Amit,
>>
>> pointing to the RX path was a good idea!
>>
>> I checked the commits of the last three weeks and discovered that it turns
>> out that the patches from Amit caused the regression:
>>
>> iwlwifi: add testmode command for rx forwarding
>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=0aef8ddc8bedac1db4c96fddc9fb1b44b730cf4f
>>
>>
>> iwlwifi: fixed testmode notifications length
>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=8e81f65fdc7f5d292bb3c115b748767d921823c1
>>
>> I reverted them in the opposite order (of course) and now the issue is gone.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Oliver
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