Re: NM does not work with iwl4965 device

[Thomas M Steenholdt <tmus tmus dk>]

John W. Linville wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 12:28:02AM -0200, Thomas M Steenholdt wrote:
>
> > @@ -2877,6 +2883,14 @@
> >   	 */
> >   	if (!nm_ap_get_broadcast (ap) && !is_adhoc)
> >   	{
> > +		/*
> > +		 * since using "AP_SCAN 1" for hidden networks, wpa_supplicant
> > +		 * does not seem to bring the essid to the device anymore...
> > +		 * perhaps this is a wpa_supplicant/wext/driver issue or perhaps this
> > +		 * is simply how it is. We set the ESSID here for now.
> > +		 */
> > +		nm_device_802_11_wireless_set_essid(self, essid);
> > +
> >   		if (!nm_utils_supplicant_request_with_check (ctrl, "OK", __func__, NULL,
> >   				"SET_NETWORK %i scan_ssid 1", nwid))
> >   			goto out;
>
> Late to the party, pardon...
>
> FWIW, there _is_ a problem w/ mac80211's pre-authentication scanning.
> It doesn't probe for SSID, so it can't see hidden networks.
>
> I have been testing the patch below with some success using the
> wireless-tools package.  However, NM still seems unable to get an
> association, at least not on the first try.  Sometimes/often the 2nd
> or 3rd try works, whereas w/o the patch it basically never succeeds
> without some sort of command-line intervention.
>
> Anyway, perhaps you can test w/ the kernel patch below applied?
> It is also available in the Fedora rawhide kernels here:
>
> 	http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=13001
>
> Thoughts?

If there's indeed a problem with the kernel, it would clearly be better 
to fix the problem than trying to work around it. That said - the NM 
patch works around the problem for me. :)

I'll try with a plain, updated NetworkManager and the latest rawhide 
kernel later tonight. I'll report on my success.

Thanks for your input.

/Thomas