Re: linux 3.2-rcX iwlwifi driver's problem (wifi link unstable when moving between multiple APs)

[Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@googlemail.com>]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Cheng Renquan <crquan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:53 AM, Sedat Dilek
> <sedat.dilek@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> /me confused...
>> Your subject is/was " ...linux 3.2-rcX iwlwifi driver's problem...",
>> now you are talking about iwlwifi.git.
>> Not sure what's the base of iwlwifi.git, but I guess it is wireless-testing?
>> BTW; what do you meant by 3.2-rcX, what is X? -rc1, -rc2...-rc6?
>> Which of those -rcX are affected?
>
> More details are tracked into the bug, the kernel version one between
> linus offical 3.2.0-rc5 and 3.2.0-rc6,
> http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2338
>
> This kernel has been running on my Lenovo laptop more than 1 week with
> no reboot (only suspend & resume),
> and wifi roaming problems happened in office everyday,
>
> [root@archtop ~]# modinfo iwlwifi
> filename:      /lib/modules/3.2.0-rc5+/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko
>
>>>> [1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2011/12/17/14
>>>
>>> Is it already in iwlwifi.git? I'm gonna test it when I'm in office,
>>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.git
>
> Now I'm asking if the patch mentioned in your above link is already in
> iwl git tree,
> since it's Intel's offical tree for iwlwifi, I'm gonna clone a latest
> tree and test it;
>

You read the URL I gave you?

"...unfortunately, this -rc6 is missing some important iwlwifi fixes.
These were included in wireless.git#master (master-2011-12-14).

I have attached a single "wireless" patch to make affected people happy...."

Is John Linville (Linux Maintainer of the wireless sub-tree)
wireless.git not official enough for you?
Just FYI, this is the tree which is regularly pulled into net.git and
from there to Linus-tree (mainline, currently 3.2-rcX).
Though...

- Sedat -

> But you're using a googlemail, now I'm not sure if you're working in
> that Intel iwl team...