[Trac #258] No Functional Wireless Driver

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#258: No Functional Wireless Driver
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 Reporter:  mfoster  |        Owner:  marcelo
     Type:  defect   |       Status:  new    
 Priority:  blocker  |    Milestone:  BTest-1
Component:  kernel   |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:           |  
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Comment (by jg):

 Commits:

 e1d3b3f94931b69207ceef3dd636621fe6f47d0d
 e37aa4d8558921a916eafc4efe649bd7764a32b8
 4daea8dc46cab7db7ec1d253068e1b361e886208

 Should have it working again, with some niggling problems remaining.

 o Deferred association patch is pushed to infradead libertas-2.6
     - Fixes the eccentric iwconfig command ordering constraints
     - Fixes a bunch of odd errors on association due to the above
     - WPA is almost completely untested; not a blocker.  Unencrypted
         and WEP have been tested
     - needs more testing, will be in a kernel build tonight
     - 'iwconfig ethX essid any' doesn't work yet, trivial fix but
         needs some small amount of investigation
     - Ad-Hoc association might not choose correct channel
     - on my laptop, apps block in ICE X11 session management stuff
         after a while hanging on name resolution; however pinging
         unresolved stuff from a terminal works, nslookup of previously
         unknown hostnames works, etc.  This is likely glibc not noticing
         updated resolv.conf.  Remains to be seen whether this is a
         problem on the boards themselves.
     - driver takes a long time (10 - 30 seconds) to make itself known
         to HAL, and therefore to NetworkManager.  Symptoms are that
         NetworkManager doesn't detect the presence of the card for
         a while after an 'insmod'.  This is because HAL does not see
         the card for a while.  Could be a udev problem or the driver
         not poking the right things on startup.
     - 'iwconfig chan' and 'iwconfig freq' don't go through the
         new deferred association process, but the driver only allows
         setting the channel/frequency in Ad-Hoc mode anyway.  Needs
         to be fixed before Sunday night but not a blocker.
     - Driver still doesn't verify firmware before load; this is a
         trivial fix and not a blocker.
     - Haven't had time to test the forced-8388 hard reset on the ECO'd
         board Jim did; Chris Ball may test tonight and it will
         surely be run through tomorrow

 o NetworkManager
     - Needs a few fixes for Ad-Hoc networking on startup and such; may
         not be a blocker.
     - Needs testing with the new driver on the boards

 o NM Sugar applet
     - Need to implement the wireless key request callback and UI bits,
         fairly trivial
     - Needs some more testing with the new wireless driver
     - Possibly add a "Create wireless network" item; not a blocker

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