Bug 250252 - zd1211rw-mac80211 breaks multicast and IPv6
Summary: zd1211rw-mac80211 breaks multicast and IPv6
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 246305
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 7
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: John W. Linville
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-07-31 13:02 UTC by Pekka Savola
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-08-02 18:50:53 UTC
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Description Pekka Savola 2007-07-31 13:02:46 UTC
Apparently, moving from zd1211rw to zd1211rw-mac80211 broke multicast (you
receive the multicast frames you sent) which in turn broke IPv6, see:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=233364

A report sent on netdev a couple of times, but no response.  Slightly updated
version below.

On Fedora 7 (kernel 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7, based on 2.6.21.5; also kernel
2.6.22.1-41.fc7), my zd1211rw_mac80211 WLAN USB stick and multicast/v6 no longer
works. On Fedora 6 (kernel 2.6.20, no mac80211) it was OK.

I get "wlan0: duplicate address detected!" on dmesg when the kernel is trying to
autoconfigure a global address.

I suppose this is caused by the IPv6 stack seeing my own ICMPv6 neighbor
solicitation and thinking it was originated by someone
else:

08:46:21.762807 00:02:72:5b:dc:28 > 33:33:ff:5b:dc:28, ethertype IPv6 (0x86dd),
length 78: (hlim 255, next-header: ICMPv6 (58),
length: 24) :: > ff02::1:ff5b:dc28: [icmp6 sum ok] ICMP6, neighbor solicitation,
length 24, who has
2001:708:10:90:202:72ff:fe5b:dc28

Strangely, the same error isn't printed with the link-local address which uses
the same EUI-64.

z1211rw Wiki seems to imply that this might be an issue in generic mac80211 code:

http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw/mac80211Issues

.. however, I suspect that there would have been a bigger outcry if that had
been the case.

Comment 1 John W. Linville 2007-08-02 18:50:53 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 246305 ***


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