Re: b43 driver and WEP (solved)

[Erich Titl <erich.titl@think.ch>]

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Am 06.01.2015 um 01:52 schrieb Larry Finger:
> On 01/05/2015 05:53 PM, Erich Titl wrote:
>> Hi Larry
>>
>> Am 05.01.2015 um 22:18 schrieb Larry Finger:
>>> On 01/05/2015 03:07 AM, Erich Titl wrote:
>> ...
>>>
>>> I then generated a 3.10.63 kernel, rebooted and retested. It also works.
>>>
>>> One thing would be to try disabling hardware encryption using option
>>> "nohwcrypt=1". You might also check to determine what key slot your AP
>>> is expecting to use. My AP has only a single key setup. It calls it #1
>>> while Linux is using #0, but that is expected.
>>
>> Thanks a lot for coming back on this issue. I have been digging into the
>> code and found the culprit tonight. The arc4 module was not loaded and
>> WEP could not be initialized. The puzzling thing is, the outgoing dhcp
>> packet passed.... weird.
> 
> Glad you found it. Strange that loading mac80211 did not force loading.
> Have you run 'depmod -a' on the modules?

This is an embedded device with quite a small footprint. It does not
have all the drivers by default. Yes, I ran depmod -a, but depmod
produces only one line for arc4, so no luck.

kernel/crypto/arc4.ko.gz:

cheers

Erich


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