On this Lenovo IdeaPad s10-3 netbook 3.3.1 couldn't connect to my home wifi (WPA protected) when 3.3.0 worked just fine. I reverted the db6a6a78d8602964c9dfb1d8ce18daefd92da0a7 commit and rebuilt the ath9k* modules and it started working again. So something in that commit is not right. The error in dmesg was just 'a timeout while authenticating'
I can confirm this bug. I am also experiencing authentication timeouts. Removing and reinserting the kernel module brings it back to life. Here some infos: Kernel: Linux 3.3.1-gentoo #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 10 15:12:53 CEST 2012 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux 07:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) Subsystem: AzureWave AW-NE771 802.11bgn Wireless Mini PCIe Card [AR9281] Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17 Region 0: Memory at fe9f0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ath9k Kernel 3.3.0 worked fine for me too.
The same for me. This bug sees as a duplicate of 43077. In my dmesg also there is a warning Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: wlan0: deauthenticating from c6:8e:37:e4:ab:4a by local choice (reason=3) Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: WARNING: at net/wireless/mlme.c:309 cfg80211_send_auth_timeout+0x6d/0xd0 [cfg80211]() Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: Hardware name: VPCCW2S1R Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: Modules linked in: ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat xt_recent xt_tcpudp nf_conntrack_i pv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack ipv6 iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables fuse vboxnetflt(O) vboxnetadp(O) pci _stub vboxpci(O) vboxdrv(O) nfs auth_rpcgss lockd sunrpc nvidia_bl(O) usbhid hid uvcvideo videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf 2_memops videobuf2_core videodev v4l2_compat_ioctl32 nvidia(PO) btusb bluetooth sr_mod snd_hda_codec_hdmi cdrom arc4 snd_hda_codec_realtek ath9k ath9k_common ath9k_hw ath mac80211 cfg80211 ehci_hcd usbcore snd_hda_intel snd_hda_code c snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_timer usb_common sdhci_pci i2c_i801 sdhci snd battery video i2c_core psmouse evdev sony_laptop sky2 mmc_core ac rtc_cmos button backlight rfkill soundcore unix Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: Pid: 522, comm: kworker/u:5 Tainted: P O 3.3.1-gentoo #1 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: Call Trace: Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff8102eb5b>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x7b/0xc0 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffffa01aab0d>] ? cfg80211_send_auth_timeout+0x6d/0xd0 [cfg80211] Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff81056a7e>] ? try_to_wake_up+0x1de/0x290 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffffa0271e21>] ? ath9k_config+0x281/0x530 [ath9k] Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffffa01d5858>] ? ieee80211_probe_auth_done+0xf8/0x110 [mac80211] Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff8133d83a>] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x3a/0x50 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffffa01d8f7e>] ? ieee80211_work_work+0x4ee/0x14f0 [mac80211] Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff812a46ae>] ? skb_dequeue+0x5e/0x80 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffffa01d8a90>] ? free_work+0x20/0x20 [mac80211] Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff81043d6f>] ? process_one_work+0x10f/0x380 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff8104667e>] ? worker_thread+0x15e/0x330 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff81052280>] ? __wake_up_common+0x50/0x80 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff81046520>] ? manage_workers.clone.22+0x230/0x230 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff81046520>] ? manage_workers.clone.22+0x230/0x230 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff8104aace>] ? kthread+0x9e/0xb0 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff811a0000>] ? aead_geniv_alloc+0x2c0/0x350 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff81341c14>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff8104aa30>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x60/0x60 Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: [<ffffffff81341c10>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb Apr 8 23:25:12 kato kernel: ---[ end trace 3a88f303b66412b6 ]---
Sorry, the bug 43038
This has been fixed by reverting the offending commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=011afa1ed8c408d694957d2474d89dc81a60b70c This bug can be closed.