From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754364Ab1JOSgg (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:36:36 -0400 Received: from mms1.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.17]:4185 "EHLO mms1.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754265Ab1JOSge (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:36:34 -0400 X-Server-Uuid: 02CED230-5797-4B57-9875-D5D2FEE4708A Message-ID: <4E99D2A2.7030000@broadcom.com> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:36:18 +0200 From: "Arend van Spriel" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110922 Thunderbird/3.1.15 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: werner cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: 3.1-rc9 wifi problem References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 OpenPGP: id=B5E1A116 X-WSS-ID: 62870BDE3JW5845888-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 10/15/2011 08:07 PM, werner wrote: > A laptop of a friend, which worked always with wifi until > 3.0.4 , stopped to work when installing 3.1-rc9 , after > re-installing 3.0.4 wifi returned to work. I think it was > a packard-bell laptop. I can't test this better because > he gone with his laptop; perhaps next week he'll visit me > again. Since 2.6.38 his laptop worked with my wifi. > > This can be a regression in the wifi drivers, or because > of a slightly changed config. Anyway the diff of config is > enclosed. > > w.landgraf > --- > Professional hosting for everyone - http://www.host.ru Hi Werner, "wifi" is a bit too generic and "think it was a packard-bell" is vague so not helping either. At least provide some basic info 1) uname -a, and 2) lspci -v. Or is the "wifi" a usb device? Also the 3.1.0-rc9 config and not just the diff can help (which says 3.1.0-rc8?). Gr. AvS