Bug 5940

Summary:	ipw2100 version incompatible with ieee80211 version
Product:	Drivers	Reporter:	Thomas Kr (kernel.org)
Component:	network-wireless	Assignee:	drivers_network-wireless (drivers_network-wireless)
Status:	REJECTED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Severity:	high	CC:	bunk
Priority:	P2
Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
Kernel Version:	2.6.15	Subsystem:
Regression:	---	Bisected commit-id:

Description Thomas Kr 2006-01-22 22:20:50 UTC

Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur:
Distribution:
Gentoo, OpenSuSE 10.1B1

Hardware Environment:
i686, ipw2100

Problem Description:
Using ipw2100 raises BUG_ON in ieee80211_geo.c:81. Causing serious site effects
(e.g. X server does not work).

Steps to reproduce: 
# modprobe ipw2100
scan for networks

Resolution:

The included version ipw2100-1.1.3. is not compatible with ieee80211-1.1.7.
ipw2100-1.1.4 resolves the problem.
-> http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/news.php

Comment 1 Adrian Bunk 2006-04-22 09:49:12 UTC

Is this issue still present in kernel 2.6.16?

Comment 2 Adrian Bunk 2006-08-06 03:46:38 UTC

Please reopen this bug if it's still present in kernel 2.6.17.