On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 08:13:28PM +0100, Hauke Mehrtens wrote: > Kalle Valo wrote: > > "John W. Linville" <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > >> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 05:07:50PM +0000, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > >>> Since a few days ago, my dmesg is looking like this - instead of the > >>> older AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF form > >>> with the mac address of the AP. > >>> That ffff88* looks like a pointer/address to me? Is this change intentional? > >>> > >>> -------------- > >>> wlan2 direct probe responded > >>> wlan2: authenticate with AP ffff880070995aa0 > >>> wlan2: authenticated > >>> wlan2: associate with AP ffff880070995aa0 > >>> wlan2: RX ReassocResp from ffff88001431f01a (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1) > >>> wlan2: associated > > > > Works for me: > > > > [37125.111672] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:12:17:e7:98:de > > [37125.113509] wlan0: authenticated > > [37125.113514] wlan0: associate with AP 00:12:17:e7:98:de > > [37125.115875] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:12:17:e7:98:de (capab=0x11 status=0 aid=1) > > [37125.115881] wlan0: associated > > > > This is on x86 32bit with iwl3945 and latest wireless-testing. > > > >> Odd...some problem with the "%pM" printk conversion? What kernel > >> are you running? > > > > And on what architecture? > > > > I have got the same problem on x86_64 with rtl8187, kernel 2.6.27 and > compat-wireless-2008-01-16. > > [ 3064.480766] wlan0: authenticate with AP ffff8801291dfa20 > [ 3064.482271] wlan0: authenticated > [ 3064.482275] wlan0: associate with AP ffff8801291dfa20 > [ 3064.485021] wlan0: RX AssocResp from ffff88011128c01a (capab=0x411 > status=0 aid=1) > [ 3064.485025] wlan0: associated compat-wireless users are probably using kernels that have printk implementations that do not understand "%pM". QED. :-) -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- 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
