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Bug#482463: marked as done (Please add ipw3945 to kernel 2.6.24 (iwl3945 very instable))

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Package: linux-image-2.6-amd64
Version: 2.6.24+13


On my Thinkpad T60p with etch, I have to use a more recent
kernel, due to a GSM internet card that does not work well
with 2.6.18.

For this 2.6.24 kernel from lenny, I tried for three days to
set up iwl3945, then gave up and compiled iwp3945.

Issues are:
  - Scanning:
    erratic scanning and access point association
    often iwlist wlan0 scan will not list the
    access point (distance 1 m);
    of four access points apparently in my neighbourhood,
    it will randomly display or omit them.
  - Association:
    Association with wpa_supplicant does not work well.
    May be due to the same reasons, but sometimes does
    not work even after scanning succeeded.
  - Module apparently not working well after hibernate-to-ram
    and wake-up.
  - LED on thinkpad not working.


I compiled the ipw3945 version 1.2.2 driver with James Colannino's
patch for 2.6.24: http://james.colannino.org/downloads.html
and it worked reasonably well.

Since I have seen many bug reports about iwl3945, Debian should
keep ipw3945 around for some more time.


Claus


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boooah

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:10:22AM +0200, Claus Fischer wrote:
> 
> On my Thinkpad T60p with etch, I have to use a more recent
> kernel, due to a GSM internet card that does not work well
> with 2.6.18.

sure.

for laptops you always want latest, why are you not running testing.
there unstable kernel just install fine.
 
> For this 2.6.24 kernel from lenny, I tried for three days to
> set up iwl3945, then gave up and compiled iwp3945.
> 
> Issues are:
>   - Scanning:
>     erratic scanning and access point association
>     often iwlist wlan0 scan will not list the
>     access point (distance 1 m);
>     of four access points apparently in my neighbourhood,
>     it will randomly display or omit them.
fixed in newer
>   - Association:
>     Association with wpa_supplicant does not work well.
>     May be due to the same reasons, but sometimes does
>     not work even after scanning succeeded.

may need retries in 2.6.24, fixed in newer.
>   - Module apparently not working well after hibernate-to-ram
>     and wake-up.

rmmod and modprobe just worked fine in 2.6.24.

>   - LED on thinkpad not working.

led is working since 2.6.26-rc1
and not realy a crictical issue.

ipw3945 is dead get over it.
 
-- 
maks

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