From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:34361 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750908Ab0G0GhS (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:37:18 -0400 Subject: Re: iwlwifi connection problems From: Johannes Berg To: Alex Romosan Cc: "Guy, Wey-Yi" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <87mxtd5xlq.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> References: <87tynqvtu6.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> <1279917523.10769.1.camel@wwguy-huron> <1280135867.3693.5.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <87mxtd5xlq.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:37:09 +0200 Message-ID: <1280212629.19098.0.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 21:59 -0700, Alex Romosan wrote: > any ideas on how i can debug this? i tried to do a git-bisect but i > didn't get anywhere. i have the driver compiled in the kernel if that > makes any difference. as i played with the later kernels (after 2.6.34) > i discovered that if kept bringing the interface down and then up again > eventually i would get "cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world > regulatory domain" the antenna light on the laptop (i have a thinkpad > t61) would go off and then at the next ifup the driver connected. looks > like some kind of reset/initialization problem to me. So is the issue maybe the channel the AP is no, not the fact that it's hidden? or something like that? johannes