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| Summary: | rt2800pci driver attaches to RT2860-based devices by default | ||
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| Product: | [openSUSE] openSUSE 11.3 | Reporter: | Forgotten User cAXlJ_FoSf <forgotten_cAXlJ_FoSf> |
| Component: | Kernel | Assignee: | E-mail List <kernel-maintainers> |
| Status: | VERIFIED FIXED | QA Contact: | E-mail List <qa-bugs> |
| Severity: | Critical | ||
| Priority: | P2 - High | CC: | forgotten_1-yzHWP3HO, jeffm |
| Version: | Factory | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i586 | ||
| OS: | openSUSE 11.3 | ||
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| Found By: | --- | Services Priority: | |
| Business Priority: | Blocker: | --- | |
| Marketing QA Status: | --- | IT Deployment: | --- |
| Bug Depends on: | |||
| Bug Blocks: | 691073 | ||
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Description
Forgotten User cAXlJ_FoSf
2010-05-16 16:47:22 UTC
Thu May 20 21:31:10 CEST 2010 - jeffm@suse.com - Disabled CONFIG_RT2800PCI (bnc#606243) - These devices are handled by the rt2860 staging driver. (In reply to comment #1) > Thu May 20 21:31:10 CEST 2010 - jeffm@suse.com > > - Disabled CONFIG_RT2800PCI (bnc#606243) > - These devices are handled by the rt2860 staging driver. Are you sure the whole driver should be disabled? It doesn't work yet for RT2860 based hardware but it supports RT2760, RT2790, RT2880, RT2890, and RT3052 chipsets as well although I don't know what their status is. Maybe it would be better to remove just the PCI IDs of RT2860-based devices? The rt2860 driver handles more than the rt2860.
Also, the comment from the RT2800PCI Kconfig option:
This adds support for rt2800/rt3000/rt3500 wireless chipset family.
Supported chips: RT2760, RT2790, RT2860, RT2880, RT2890 & RT3052
This driver is non-functional at the moment and is intended for
developers.
Jeff, I don't easily follow your comment. M7 uses RT2800PCI and this is inteneded for developers? Reason I ask is because M7 on an eeepc 901 only works for a few seconds. The default gateway is pingable when it's associated (or any other address, like 194.109.6.66), but only for approx 3 to 4 ping packets. After this it dies. This problem happens with my own network @home as well as a completely open joikuspot / unencrypted network. Do I need to raise a new bug or keep this reopened? Unless I'm dong something wrong, it's a show stopper I guess. helly, anyone alive here? wireless works for say 3 pings and only a network reload gets it to work shortly. we need to sort this out before it gets distributed.... That driver is intended for debugging by developers. The rt2860sta staging driver should be used instead and has been set that way since May 20 in the kernel repo. Grab the latest factory kernel and see if it fixes it for you. That said, please don't adjust the priority of bugs. It's not what priority it is for you - it's what priority it is for the developers and maintainers. openSUSE bugs are *never* CritSit. (In reply to comment #5) > helly, anyone alive here? > > wireless works for say 3 pings and only a network reload gets it to work > shortly. > > we need to sort this out before it gets distributed.... The rt2800pci driver has been disabled in recent kernels. Your problem has nothing to do with this bug, please open a separate bug and provide some useful information. the setup is based on milestone 7. Pretty recent, right? The reason I changed the stuff because there is a thought behind it -- eventhough probably not correct: I am 100% sure if the 11.3 comes out and wireless fails for a lot of people, it will do quite some damage to the product. I don't think it's something we want. Just give me some information what to provide. I don't see a lot in the logs. The thing I see is that whe wireless is brought up, it is alive for a few seconds and then dies. No. The timestamp for milestone 7's kernel is May 17. You can check using rpm -qi --changelog <kernel package> (In reply to comment #8) > the setup is based on milestone 7. Pretty recent, right? The reason I changed No. > I am 100% sure if the 11.3 comes out and wireless fails for a lot of people, it > will do quite some damage to the product. I don't think it's something we want. > > Just give me some information what to provide. I don't see a lot in the logs. > The thing I see is that whe wireless is brought up, it is alive for a few > seconds and then dies. You have not even stated whether rt2800pci or rt2860sta attaches to your wireless card. Update your kernel to a recent version and if it still fails open a new bug. This one is about removing the rt2800pci driver and that has been fixed a while ago. the subject states "rt2800pci driver attaches to RT2860-based devices by default" so yes, it indeed in M7 attaches rt2800pci to it. (the 2860 used to work with 11.2) I have added a new bug for M7. Hopefully it will professionally be picked up. (e.g. not the way the last comments are) |