I've finally got around to testing on lucid live cd. The issue is NOT present and wireless works fine after using jockey to install driver. This confirms that this a regression.
Some observations:
1. /proc/modules shows that the dell-laptop module is indeed loaded: dell_laptop 7941 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0065000
2. rfkill list does not list any devices however.
Here is the output of modinfo dell-laptop on lucid:
I've finally got around to testing on lucid live cd. The issue is NOT present and wireless works fine after using jockey to install driver. This confirms that this a regression.
Some observations:
1. /proc/modules shows that the dell-laptop module is indeed loaded: dell_laptop 7941 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0065000
2. rfkill list does not list any devices however.
Here is the output of modinfo dell-laptop on lucid:
$ modinfo dell_laptop 2.6.32- 24-generic/ kernel/ drivers/ platform/ x86/dell- laptop. ko .:*:ct8: * A9FB03B3
filename: /lib/modules/
alias: dmi:*svnDellInc
license: GPL
description: Dell laptop driver
author: Matthew Garrett <email address hidden>
srcversion: 104553967ECAF17
depends: dcdbas
vermagic: 2.6.32-24-generic SMP mod_unload modversions