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  1. Bug #661682
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Comment 4 for bug 661682

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Thomas Horsten (thomas-horsten) wrote :

Hi Wolfgang,

It doesn't work with rt2800pci:

th@eee:~/src/radio/fl$ sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
th@eee:~/src/radio/fl$ sudo modprobe rt2800pci
th@eee:~/src/radio/fl$ dmesg
....
[295358.839789] ndiswrapper: device wlan0 removed
[295358.844588] ndiswrapper 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[295358.846641] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper
[295358.847684] ndiswrapper (ntoskernel_exit:2621): Windows driver didn't free all MDLs; freeing them now
[295363.171855] rt2800pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[295363.171876] rt2800pci 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[295363.519282] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
[295363.521648] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::radio
[295363.522251] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::assoc
[295363.522569] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::quality

th@eee:~/src/radio/fl$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

This is in spite of WLAN being turned on. If the WLAN switch is off wlan0 disappears completely. With rt2860sta or ndiswrapper, this works.

Let me know if you want me to do anything else although it may be a day or two before I can do it.

Thomas