[Mageia-dev] kernel-3.3.3 and wifi problems

Tue May 1 11:29:29 CEST 2012

01.05.2012 10:25, simple w8 skrev:
+> 
+> I have talked with some developers that use to maintain the
+> compat-wireless stuff (that will be merged in kernel-3.5) and they
+> havent this kind of problem.
+
+So they either:
+1. dont have exactly same hw.
+2. dont test stable tree
+3. have the fix in upstream tree
+
+> Cant this be some caused by some patch added into the mageia kernel >
+> 3.3.1 releases?
+> Since kernel > 3.3.1 is that i start detecting few wifi networks and
+> if i run kernel-3.3.1 i detect again about 10 wifi networks like it
+> used to happen.
+> 
+
+Well, that is why I told you to report upstream.
+
+Did you report that 3.3.1 worked and 3.3.3 stopped working?
+
+Anyway, checking commit logs between upstream 3.3.1 and 3.3.3
+shows one commit that specifically touches the module you use...
+
+So can you try kernel-3.3.4-1.1.mga2 from:
+http://tmb.mine.nu/Mageia/Cauldron/bugs/3.3.4-rtlwifi-revert/
+http://tmb2.mine.nu/Mageia/Cauldron/bugs/3.3.4-rtlwifi-revert/
+
+If that works, you can ping upstream that:
+http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=commit;h=eb641120479de7ee703fabb5e6ee0ec7947474ba
+
+broke your wireless.
+
+--
+Thomas
+