New kernel killed my wireless

[Jim Cornette]

Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> Mick M. wrote:
>> Hi List;
>>   I finally got my wireless working
>> Thank you list.
>>
>> That is under kernel 2.6.23.9-85.fc8.
>> When I did a 'yum upgrade' I got 2.6.23.14-107.fc8.
>> If I boot into this I lose my wireless connection.
> [snip]
> If you have no problems with current kernel don't update.
> 

It is best that he locates why it fails and submits a problem referring 
to the failure. Kernel 2.6.23.14-107.fc8 works for my wireless. 
Apparently there is either a patch removed or backport breakage.

Jim

rpm -q kernel-2.6.23.14-107.fc8.i686 --changelog |grep wire
- More wireless fixes for 2.6.24
- More wireless update for 2.6.25
- Another round of wireless fixes headed for 2.6.24
- Another round of wireless updates headed for 2.6.25
- Some wireless fixes headed for 2.6.24
- Some wireless updates headed for 2.6.25
- Some wireless driver bits headed for 2.6.25
- Some wireless bits headed for 2.6.25
- Some more wireless bits headed for 2.6.24
- Resync wireless bits headed for 2.6.24
- Resync wireless bits headed for 2.6.25
- wireless fixes from 2.6.24
- wireless updates destined for 2.6.25
- Resync wireless bits from current upstream
- Disable PS3 wireless for now (#343901)
   firewire ohci 1.0 controllers (bz #344851)
- Fix lockdep bug in firewire.
- Back-out last round of wireless updates
- Update wireless bits from upstream
- Fix-up botched wireless patch restructuring...
- Update and restructure wireless patches
- Update bits from wireless-2.6 and wireless-dev
- Update bits from wireless-2.6 and wireless-dev
- Add patch for the "status write for unknown orb" firewire-sbp2 error.
- Update wireless-dev bits (mac80211, rt2x00, b43, ssb)
- Update wireless-dev bits (upstream fixes, b43, ssb)
- Update wireless-dev bits (mac80211, bcm43xx -> b43, ssb)
- remove obsolete linux-2.6-wireless.patch
- Update wireless bits from wireless-2.6 and wireless-dev
- Update git-wireless-dev.patch (bcm43xx-mac80211 & zd1211rw-mac80211 
updates)
- Update git-wireless-dev.patch (iwlwifi & rt2x00 updates)
- Update git-wireless-dev.patch (iwlwifi, rt2x00, & zd1211rw updates)
- Update git-wireless-dev.patch (iwlwifi & bcm43xx updates)
- Update git-wireless-dev.patch (iwlwifi & rt2x00 updates)
- Rediff git-wireless-dev.patch
- Update git-wireless-dev.patch (rt2x00 update)
- Update git-wireless-dev.patch
- Update git-wireless-dev.patch
- Reinstate git-wireless-dev.patch
- Add updated iwlwifi driver from intellinuxwireless.org
- Update git-wireless-dev.patch
- Re-enable wireless-dev patch (updated for current kernel)
- Refresh wireless-dev patch
- Drop iwlwifi patch (0.0.25 now in wireless-dev!)
- Refresh wireless-dev patch to work w/ 2.6.22 base.