On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 19:58 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> Doh ! Scary... locking is hard ... if the stuff was written without
> locking in mind in the first place, it might end up being a nightmare...
Yeah, I've actually suggested "rewriting" it from its own pieces :) But
Jiri says he un
> yes. Many locking issues in d80211 to still sort out. Basically, there
> are next to no useful locks in it and most data structures are not
> protected at all.
Doh ! Scary... locking is hard ... if the stuff was written without
locking in mind in the first place, it might end up being a nightma
On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 16:18 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> So what are the chances of getting this dscape stack merged, let's
> say... for 2.6.19 ?
0
> Or we'll get yet another full release with barely
> working wireless ?
yes. Many locking issues in d80211 to still sort out. Basically
On Sunday 24 September 2006 17:34, Daniel Drake wrote:
> Michael Buesch wrote:
> > Well. Works For Me (tm).
> > If there is some bug for you in current mainline, it needs to
> > be fixed. But I can't fix something I am not able to reproduce and
> > don't know what happens.
>
> Take a look at the l
On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 16:13 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > prism54 fullmac, right?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Try using -Dwext; the prism54 wpa_supplicant driver is a dead-end and I
> > added WE-19 commands to it a bit ago anyway. Oddly enough, I couldn't
> > seem to get the driver to work reliabl
Michael Buesch wrote:
Well. Works For Me (tm).
If there is some bug for you in current mainline, it needs to
be fixed. But I can't fix something I am not able to reproduce and
don't know what happens.
Take a look at the logs in Ben's original mail. I've seen this a lot
myself and am fairly sur
On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 10:43 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Sunday 24 September 2006 10:12, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > > So what are the chances of getting this dscape stack merged, let's
> > > > say... for 2.6.19 ? Or we'll get yet another full release with barely
> > > > working wirele
On Sunday 24 September 2006 10:12, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > So what are the chances of getting this dscape stack merged, let's
> > > say... for 2.6.19 ? Or we'll get yet another full release with barely
> > > working wireless ?
> >
> > I don't think it's possible to happen for 2.6.19.
>
> > So what are the chances of getting this dscape stack merged, let's
> > say... for 2.6.19 ? Or we'll get yet another full release with barely
> > working wireless ?
>
> I don't think it's possible to happen for 2.6.19.
> Ealiest 2.6.20 but likely one or two releases later (me thinks).
Which me
On Sunday 24 September 2006 08:18, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 23:45 -0400, Daniel Drake wrote:
> > Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > Oh and I don't care about "it works in dscape stack" sort of crap I
> > > regulary get. I want something that
> > > works with upstream
On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 23:45 -0400, Daniel Drake wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > Oh and I don't care about "it works in dscape stack" sort of crap I
> > regulary get. I want something that
> > works with upstream kernels. That isn't that much to ask... or is it ?
>
> wpa_supplicant trig
> prism54 fullmac, right?
Yes.
> Try using -Dwext; the prism54 wpa_supplicant driver is a dead-end and I
> added WE-19 commands to it a bit ago anyway. Oddly enough, I couldn't
> seem to get the driver to work reliably for me using straight WEP
> either, let alone WPA. It's pretty unmaintained
On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 12:43 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> Hi folks !
>
> So this is 2.6.18 + Larry "fix" (though I've seen this problem before,
> it seems using WPA just make it happen more often).
>
> This is also a 4318, so the link is pretty weak due to the Tx Power
> problem and I su
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
Oh and I don't care about "it works in dscape stack" sort of crap I regulary
get. I want something that
works with upstream kernels. That isn't that much to ask... or is it ?
wpa_supplicant triggers races in softmac relatively easily, which are
hard to fix proper
Hi folks !
So this is 2.6.18 + Larry "fix" (though I've seen this problem before,
it seems using WPA just make it happen more often).
This is also a 4318, so the link is pretty weak due to the Tx Power
problem and I suspects it makes the driver problems more visible...
So basically, I "lose" the
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