Hi James, > > > > I'm interested to know if the "firmware hangs" that you experiment > > > > with prevent autonomous RF TX, or if RF TX typically proceeds. > > > > > > It depends. Even if firmware hangs the hardware is still alive. > > > So you could see beacons and probe responses from the card if > > > hardware has been programmed before firmware hangs. > > > > Thanks. I neglected to mention the time period; beacons and probe > > responses are seen for many minutes after the timeout report by the > > driver, and I have not yet tested for how long this lasts. The probe > > responses are in reply to new probe requests. It makes me think the > > card is working fine, apart from not communicating with the host. > > Downgrading wireless firmware to 14.66.9.p80 has fixed this problem. Wow! It means that p96 firmware had introduced the problem. Thanks, Bing -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html