iwlwifi working anytime soon?

[Ola Thoresen]

Jeremy Katz wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 23:07 +0200, Ola Thoresen wrote:
>> Jeremy Katz wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 09:58 -0400, Thomas J. Baker wrote:
>>>> Would anyone in the know care to speculate if iwlwifi is going to work
>>>> anytime soon? It's been in the kernel for a month or so (at least it
>>>> feels like a month) and has never worked for me and many others. From
>>>> the kernel changelogs, it doesn't seem like much is happening with it. 
>>> Can people that have been having problems with iwlwifi try with today's
>>> rawhide kernel (2.6.20-1.3056.fc7)?  I've had it work for me now on 4
>>> laptops connecting to both an unencrypted and an encrypted (WEP) access
>>> point where previously that was nowhere near the case ;)
>> Not sure if this is a driver problem, or something else.
>> I'm still having problems with the hardware kill switch:
>>
>> iwlwifi: Intel(R) Wireless Link driver for Linux, 0.0.11k
>> iwlwifi: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
>> iwlwifi: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
>> iwlwifi: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
>> iwlwifi: MAC is in deep sleep!
>> iwlwifi: MAC is in deep sleep!
>> iwlwifi: MAC is in deep sleep!
>>
>> No matter how i turn the actual switch the same messages are logged when 
>> I modprobe iwlwifi.
> 
> What hardware is this with?  Does it work if you start out with the kill
> switch in the enabled position?

It is a "noname" - an OEM Compal GL31 laptop.
I have not tried to reboot with the switch in both positions after the 
last kernel upgrade, but I did this several times with older kernels.

I'll try as soon as I get home.



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