Bug#537483: linux-headers-2.6.30-1-686: p54pci still doesn't work in master-mode

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 08:37:58PM +0200, Daniel Baur wrote:
> Package: linux-headers-2.6.30-1-686
> Version: 2.6.30-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Hello,
> 
> even with the new 2.6.30 kernel, p54pci is not working in mastermode.
> 
> 20:34:58root@serverx:/# iwconfig wlan0 mode Master
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>     SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
> 
> 20:35:48root@serverx:/# dmesg|grep p54
> [   20.475945] p54pci 0000:00:0c.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
> [   20.476228] p54pci 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: requesting isl3886pci
> [   20.626235] p54pci 0000:00:0c.0: Cannot find firmware (isl3886pci)
> [   20.626308] p54pci 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: requesting isl3886
> [   20.779250] phy0: p54 detected a LM86 firmware
> [   20.779320] p54: rx_mtu reduced from 3240 to 2376
> [   22.651108] Registered led device: p54-phy0::assoc
> [   22.651225] Registered led device: p54-phy0::tx
> [   22.651292] p54pci 0000:00:0c.0: is registered as 'phy0'
> 
> 20:36:44root@serverx:/# lspci|grep Prism
> 00:0c.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01)
> 
> 
> Please fix it or bring back the old prism54-module, that had worked well.

Is this still reproducable with the 2.6.31-rcX trunk packages from
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel ? If so, please file a but at
http://bugzilla.kernel.org and send us the bug number.

Cheers,
        Moritz