From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:1262 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933316Ab3CSR6j (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:58:39 -0400 Message-ID: <1363715961.2225.22.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> (sfid-20130319_185843_506903_6ED7AE75) Subject: Re: Brcmsmac driver woes, possible regression? From: Dan Williams To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Camale=F3n?= Cc: Jonathan Nieder , Arend van Spriel , 664767@bugs.debian.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:59:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20130319173054.GA7873@stt008.linux.site> References: <20130317182725.GA5811@stt008.linux.site> <20130317183344.GA8786@elie.Belkin> <20130318083752.GA6570@elie.Belkin> <51476D25.6030609@broadcom.com> <20130318211428.GA9136@stt008.linux.site> <20130318212544.GB5062@elie.Belkin> <1363711989.2225.8.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> <20130319173054.GA7873@stt008.linux.site> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 18:30 +0100, Camaleón wrote: > El 2013-03-19 a las 11:53 -0500, Dan Williams escribió: > > > On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 17:21 +0100, Camaleón wrote: > > > 2013/3/19 Camaleón : > > > > 2013/3/18 Jonathan Nieder : > > > >> Camaleón wrote: > > > >>> El 2013-03-18 a las 20:38 +0100, Arend van Spriel escribió: > > > >> > > > >>>> Sorry to hear. Reading back the bug report I noticed you are having a > > > >>>> bcm4313 and we recently had a regression on it. Could you provide > > > >>>> debugfs information from /brcmsmac/bcma0:0/hardware > > > >>> > > > >>> I see. My "/sys/kernel/debug/*" directory is empty > > > >> > > > >> mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug > > > > > > > > Perfect, thanks. > > > > > > > > root@stt300:~# cat /sys/kernel/debug/brcmsmac/bcma0\:0/hardware > > > > board vendor: 103c > > > > board type: 145c > > > > board revision: 2209 > > > > board flags: 8002a00 > > > > board flags2: 800 > > > > firmware revision: 262032b > > > > > > > > Now let's see how reverting the patch makes any difference as soon as > > > > I can compile the module. I will keep you updated > > > > > > Update: applied the patch to revert the "other" patch but I still > > > cannot get the driver to work (see attached syslog). N-M still asks > > > for password until desists :-( > > > > Note that NM 0.9.8 won't ask for a password when just anything fails, > > but will ask for a password if the 4-way handshake fails, because if > > that fails, it's probably your password. We're contemplating getting > > rid of that too, and just notifying the user that their password may be > > wrong and that they should go update it in the network configuration > > panel so we don't interrupt. But if you're 100% sure your PSK is > > correct, then it is, most likely, a driver bug. > > Password is correct. I have a second wireless card (external, using > rt2800usb driver) that connects without a glitch to the same AP. > > Moreover, unless I type the right password, N-M dialog does not allow > me to click on the "Connect" button. NM minimally verifies the PSK, which by 802.11 standards is between 8 and 63 ASCII characters inclusive. So you should be able to type anything you want within those constraints, but clearly only one is your real PSK. Dan