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On 04/17/2012 07:59 PM, Dominik Feser wrote:
> Hi!
> Maybe someone can help me. I have compiled and installed compat-wireless-3.4-rc1-2 and it seems to load correctly. The thing I am missing is the wlan0 device.
>
> # lspci -kvm
> Device:	02:00.0
> Class:	Network controller
> Vendor:	Intel Corporation
> Device:	Centrino Advanced-N 6205
> SVendor:	Intel Corporation
> SDevice:	Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN
> Rev:	34
> Module:	iwlwifi
>
> Nothing...
>
> Maybe some thoughts?
>

I am not too familiar with iwlwifi or compat-wireless, but it seems the 
driver did not start successfully. Did it work before trying 
compat-wireless? Can you provide full dmesg output instead of filter it 
with grep? Can you enable Driver-API tracing in mac80211?

Gr. AvS