Fedora Core 5 Test Update: kernel-2.6.17-1.2138_FC5

[Patrick]

On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 11:33 +0000, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Patrick <fedora-list <at> puzzled.xs4all.nl> writes:
> > Works quite well and seems faster. The header file dm.h is included so
> > it's way easier now to build TrueCrypt. The bcm43xx/softmac are notable
> > improvements.
> 
> The FC5 2.6.16 kernels actually already included bcm43xx and softmac.

I had noticed the bcm43xx module but didn't know that the softmac stuff
was part of 2.6.16.

> > 2) wpa_supplicant does not have support for the bcm43xx driver so I am
> >    not sure if it's usable at all. Without specifying a DRIVER in
> >    /etc/sysconfig/wap_supplicant it does not start but the available
> >    drivers do not include the bcm43xx according to man wap_supplicant
> 
> AFAIK, you should be specifying "wext" as the driver in wpa_supplicant.

Thanks for the tip. Tried it and it seems to sort of work. If I select
an AP without a lock from the list in the NetworkManager applet, Softmac
seems to get stuck with this message in /var/log/messages:

Jun 22 17:27:20 ws kernel: SoftMAC: cannot associate without being
authenticated, requested authentication

The networks that were present in the list are gone and do not come
back. Restarting wpa_supplicant, NetworkManager and
NetworkManagerDispatcher does not help. Stopping the above,
unloading/loading bcm43xx and starting them again does not help either.
The only thing I see in /var/log/messages is

Jun 22 17:32:44 ws kernel: SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
Jun 22 17:32:44 ws kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
Jun 22 17:32:44 ws kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning finished
Jun 22 17:32:44 ws kernel: SoftMAC: Unable to find matching network
after scan!

And the wifi networks that were initially found never come back.
Don't think I've seen this issue with ndiswrapper.

> Also, bcm43xx won't work without (proprietary) firmware, you have to get 
> bcm43xx-fwcutter from Extras and follow the instructions which come with it.

Got this done already.

Regards,
Patrick