On 11/12/2010 11:00 AM, Robie Basak wrote: > On 2010-11-12, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Apply the new patch and the "change panic to warning" patch and redo your case >> B. Send me the dmesg output and a description of what happened. That data you >> can send directly. No need to spam the list with the lengthy dmesg output. > > OK this is with change_panic_to_warn and fix_proc_entry_warning. I > forgot to mention that I'm applying all these patches to Ubuntu's stock > 10.10 kernel, since module symbols etc. come with the build - and then > just compiling the one kernel module and copying it over (not much space > or CPU power on the netbook and the keyboard is tiny!). > > Behaviour is the same as case B from before. To clarify, after step 3 in > case B, wireless has always reconnected no problem. It is after a few > seconds after removing AC power that it loses connection (or perhaps it > takes a few seconds for Network Manager to notice). Once it has lost > connection it does seem to occasionally associate and then loses it > again (according to Network Manager). > > Reloading the kernel module doesn't fix it, but then toggling the > wireless switch after the reload does. > > I reproduced it a second time, this time not reloading the module but > just toggling the wireless switch afterwards. This seemed to fix it as > well, so it seems that reloading the module is not required. What does the following log entry signify? Nov 12 16:29:03 tiny kernel: [ 160.306731] =>>>>>>>>>>=============================>set power:0,0! On my system, switching to battery does not affect the rtl8187se at all. I will be working on a patch that improves the error handling of the read routines. Larry -- 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
