Re: RF killswitch (or worse) is enabled after resume from suspend

On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 01:58 +0800, Daniele C. wrote:
> I am using kernel 2.6.33-rc7-00064-gac73fdd (latest git of linus'
> tree) and I have been experiencing an issue for more than a month now.
> 
> When the computer resumes from suspend (not hibernation), the RF
> killswitch seems ON (although dmesg does not say this, so it is just a
> deduction of mine). If I unload ipw2100 and reload it, the killswitch
> is disabled and wifi can work regularly.

Can you read the ipw2100 sysfs entry "rf_kill" to confirm the rf kill
state when this happens? Please also attach your dmesg.

> Now I am experiencing a worse issue: the 2nd time I do this, reloading
> the module doesn't work anymore, and neither using my modified version
> of fsam7400 which did the trick in the past.
> 
> It appears to be an issue of 2.6.33 kernels. Shall I contact some
> kernel list? 

You can include [email protected] if you want. If you can
do some git bisect, that would be very helpful to identify the
regression.

Thanks,
-yi  	


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