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Date:      Sat, 29 May 2010 06:54:00 -0400
From:      "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com>
To:        Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, zml@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: wpa_supplicant (Was: Re: wpi not working on today's current  (r208626))
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On 5/29/10, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On 29 May 2010, at 05:39, b. f. wrote:
>
>> On 5/28/10, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>> On 5/28/2010 4:50 PM, b. f. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I can't see any problems when using WPA2 with AES on r208606 i386 with
>>>> uath(4).  I'm updating this machine to r208630 tonight, and if I
>>>> encounter problems with the later revision, I'll let you know.
>>>
>>> Ok, thanks.
>>>
>>>> Are
>>>> you saying that you experienced problems when trying to use a r207134
>>>> base with a r208626 kernel?  If that's the case, I would recommend
>>>> updating the base to the same revision as the kernel, and then
>>>> retesting.
>>>
>>> Yes, that's what I'm doing I actually tried running the newly built
>>> wpa_supplicant but that didn't work. I'm kind of hesitant to do the full
>>> upgrade since I'm having kernel problems with the nvidia driver, but if
>>> I'm sure wpa_supplicant will work then I suppose I can bite the bullet.
>>>
>>
>> It appears that something is wrong.  My wireless stick no longer
>> associates with the network with r208630.  I'll do some tinkering.
>
> That's odd. The only way for that to happen would be caused bug in the
> taskqueue stuff that zml committed, I think, but that's a long shot.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Rui Paulo

Yes, that was also my suspicion, and after seeing, via top(1), that
ifconfig is stuck in the   "*taskq" state while attempting to set up
the wlan, I believe either r208623, or r208624, or both, is
responsible for the regression.

b.



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