Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:56:19 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
Cc: James Ketrenos <jketreno@linux.intel.com>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
        Netdev list <netdev@oss.sgi.com>,
        kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        "James P. Ketrenos" <ipw2100-admin@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: ipw2100: firmware problem
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Hi!

> > Actually it would still transmit when user did not want it to. I
> > believe that staying "quiet" is right thing, long-term. And it could
> > solve firmware-loading problems, short-term...
> 
> If ipw2100 is built into kernel, you can disable it by kernel parameter
> ipw2100.disable=1. Then you can enable it with:
> 
> $ echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2100/*/rf_kill
> 
> > How long does association with AP take? Anyway it should be easy to
> > tell driver to associate ASAP, just after the insmod...
> 
> Are you suggesting by default it is disabled for built into kernel but
> enabled as a module?

I'm suggesting that by default it is disabled (in kernel or as a
module) and its automatically enabled during ifconfig up.

That way we can drop the kernel parameter and always do the right
thing.

								Pavel