Bug 734029

Summary:	hostapd not working with latest kernel (2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64)
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	paul59584
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	15	CC:	aquini, gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Description paul59584 2011-08-29 09:18:26 UTC

Description of problem:

client cannot connect to fedora 15 access point with latest kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64. Has been working for years until this kernel installed 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

kernel-2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64
hostapd-0.7.3-2.fc15.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot f15 machine used as access point with kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64
2. try to connect to access point (with a macbook)
3. fails
  
Actual results:

with kernel-2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64

Aug 29 20:56:27 panda hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:24:36:ae:b9:00 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Aug 29 20:56:27 panda hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:24:36:ae:b9:00 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Aug 29 20:56:27 panda hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:24:36:ae:b9:00 IEEE 802.11: Could not add STA to kernel driver
Aug 29 20:56:30 panda hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:24:36:ae:b9:00 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request


Expected results:

with kernel-2.6.40-4.fc15.x86_64 and previous kernels and fedora releases for a few years

Aug 29 21:00:28 panda hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:24:36:ae:b9:00 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Aug 29 21:00:28 panda hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:24:36:ae:b9:00 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Aug 29 21:00:28 panda hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:24:36:ae:b9:00 RADIUS: starting accounting session 4E5B5515-00000000
Aug 29 21:00:28 panda hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:24:36:ae:b9:00 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)


Additional info:

Comment 1 paul59584 2011-08-29 11:42:52 UTC

actually it's not working properly with older kernels or in f13 so this is not a kernel bug, maybe hardware problem? anyway i'm closing this bug report.