Please update to iwlwifi 1.0 and latest ucode

[Darren Albers]

The iwlwifi team recently released version 1.0 of the iwlwifi driver for IPW3945 and IPW4965 wireless cards. A recent update included version 0.42 of the driver but 1.0 was released a couple of weeks later.

The current ucode for iwl3945 is 2.14.4
The current ucode for iwl4965 is 4.44.17

Thanks!

[Roland Dreier (roland.dreier)]

FWIW, I gave iwl3945 a try on my Thinkpad X60s with 3945 wireless. It works OK for a while on my wireless network (using WEP), but I see lots of

    iwl3945: REPLY_ADD_STA failed

in my kernel log, and then after a few hours the network dies and I see

    iwl3945: ipw going down
    Freeing alive inet6 address eaa13200
    iwl3945: ipw going down

at that point, trying to do "modprobe -r iwl3945" gets stuck with an endless stream of

    unregister_netdevice: waiting for wlan0 to become free. Usage count = 1

[Roland Dreier (roland.dreier)]

The reference counting problem may be the same as http://www.bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1341

[Christian Reis (kiko)]

Is this upstream? We could link a task there and get automatic updates.

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

This updates iwl3945 and iwl4965 to v1.0.0-1. However, the default gutsy driver is still iwp3945, not iwl3945.

[Michael R. Head (burner)]

So I think this is now fixed in gutsy as of linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-10-generic 2.6.22-10.23

[Håvard H. Garnes (hhgarnes)]

Still seeing the same problem in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-10-generic 2.6.22-10.30

This exact thing happens on every boot, and after this the adapter is dead and a reboot is needed to get it working again

[ 36.336000] iwl3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 14 [2.4GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 183 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 184 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 185 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 187 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 188 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 189 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 192 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 196 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 7 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 8 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 11 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 12 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 16 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 145 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 149 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 153 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 157 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 161 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Channel 165 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
[ 36.492000] iwl3945: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels
[ 36.496000] wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'
[ 50.688000] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 50.688000] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[ 50.688000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 87.116000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[ 91.260000] ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (on-line)
[ 91.268000] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver
[ 91.312000] input: Power Button (FF) as /class/input/input6
[ 91.312000] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
[ 91.312000] input: Lid Switch as /class/input/input7
[ 91.312000] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 91.312000] input: Sleep Button (CM) as /class/input/input8
[ 91.312000] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
[ 91.344000] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR: found ejectable bay
[ 91.344000] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR: Adding notify handler
[ 91.348000] ACPI: Bay [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR] Added
[ 91.392000] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
[ 91.408000] set_level status: 0
[ 91.408000] ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 91.408000] set_level status: 0
[ 91.408000] ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 95.428000] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 95.568000] audit(1187907708.079:3): REJECTING m access to /etc/passwd (cupsd(5429) profile /usr/sbin/cupsd active /usr/sbin/cupsd)
[ 95.568000] audit(1187907708.079:4): REJECTING m access to /etc/group (cupsd(5429) profile /usr/sbi...