| Summary: | iwconfig doesn't work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | [Build System, Metadata & Runtime] BSPs | Reporter: | Yunguo <yunguo.wei> |
| Component: | bsps-meta-intel | Assignee: | Darren Hart <dvhart> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | major | ||
| Priority: | Medium | CC: | song.liu, tom.zanussi, weiwei.wang, yunguo.wei |
| Version: | 1.5.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | 1.5 M5 | ||
| Hardware: | Other | ||
| OS: | x86 | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| OS type for building Yocto: | --- | Type of Regression: | --- |
| Verified: | Documentation change: | Don't know | |
Maybe CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT should be enabled, but I don't have enough time to try that. Yunguo Patch sent to linux-yocto (needs validation) Should be fixed in 5fca4d2 linux-yocto/3.10: genericx86 meta data factoring Please verify |
root@genericx86:~# ifconfig wlan0 wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr A0:88:B4:70:91:20 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) root@genericx86:~# iwconfig wlan0 essid tenda Cannot read /proc/net/wireless Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. root@genericx86:~# root@genericx86:~# root@genericx86:~# root@genericx86:~# iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 no wireless extensions. root@genericx86:~# dmesg |grep iwl iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: loaded firmware version 18.168.6.1 op_mode iwldvm iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG disabled iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS disabled iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING disabled iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TESTMODE disabled iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_P2P enabled iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205 AGN, REV=0xB0 iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs' iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0 iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0 root@genericx86:~# iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning. 6205 wifi card is tested with LAVA CANYON target, but I believe it could be reproduced with other boards. This card is detected successfully by iwlwifi driver, but iwconfig doesn't work.