iwn(4) works (mostly) in stable/10; fails to associate in head

[Adrian Chadd]

Yup, recompile with IWN_DEBUG and IEEE80211_DEBUG :)

Then those debug bits will work.



-adrian

On 26 March 2015 at 04:43, David Wolfskill <david at catwhisker.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 09:19:40PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>> On 25 March 2015 at 19:21, David Wolfskill <david at catwhisker.org> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 06:17:48PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I'm unfortunately too busy to really help you dig into it.
>> >>
>> >> I'd start by using tcpdump on wlan0 to see what's going on - see if
>> >> it's sending/receiving DHCP responses.
>> >
>> > Well, in head, it won't even associate, so I suspect that DHCP is a moot
>> > point.
>>
>> Ok, sysctl dev.iwn.0.debug=0x1, wlandebug +scan, and then start wpa_supplicant.
>>
>> It should be reasonably obvious what's going on - if it can't see APs
>> or it can't transmit anything successfully, then at least I know where
>> to begin looking when I have spare time.
>> ....
>
> Well, things didn't go quite to plan... and in the process of trying to
> debug the iwn0, the perverse bit of hardware managed to associate.
>
> I've attached a typescript for your (collective) amusement.
>
> Peace,
> david
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