On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 22:48 +0000, Chris Clayton wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not subscribed, so please cc me on any reply. > > I've built and installed today's -git kernel > (v2.6.33-rc1-225-gc9f937e) and find that my (rt61pci) wireless card no > longer works. All the usual drivers are loaded when I insert the card. > The card works fine with 2.6.32.2 (as long as I disable power saving). > > The symptoms are that: > > 1. The file /proc/net/wireless never appears > > 2. iwconfig gives "wlan0 no wireless extensions." Have a closer look at your .config file. I guess CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT is not defined there. It's needed to make cfg80211 capable devices support wireless extensions. You can try using iw to configure your card. That's the new utility. [dropping cc to LKML, it's a purely wireless issue] -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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
