iwlwifi working anytime soon?

[Thomas J. Baker]

On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 07:40 -0700, Tom London wrote:
> On 4/10/07, Andy Green <andy at warmcat.com> wrote:
> > Tom London wrote:
> >
> > > I can verify that it is not working for ipw3945 on Thinkpad X60 either
> > > using NM or manual....  (Fails to associate).
> > >
> > > Seems to get confused about frequency; reports my .11g out as .11a, etc.
> >
> > I have seen it show this for iwconfig while it is scanning through all
> > the a/b/g channels in the background.
> >
> > >> From some posts to ipw3945 list, appears there are some patches that
> > > put some -Wext functions into the stack.....
> > >
> > > I've been testing with each new Rawhide kernel, and then reinstalling
> > > ipw3945 driver/daemon.
> >
> > Why don't you try these instead:
> >
> > http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/fc7/
> >
> > -Andy
> >
> OK. Downloaded/installed 2.6.20-1.3048.2.1.fc7.jwltest.7.
> 
> I can associate with non-WEP/non-WPA network (thanks Google!) using
> NM, but cannot associate with WEP network.
> 
> I vote for these bits to go into rawhide.....
> 
> tom
> -- 
> Tom London
> 

It also works for me on our mac address protected access points, though
I haven't really beat on it yet. I did notice that all wireless signal
levels are 100% though. This new driver really improves reception! :-)

So I guess the question is, is there a reason for this not to go into
rawhide?

Thanks,

tjb
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