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["John E. Perry" <j.e.perry@xxxxxxx>]

Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> "John E. Perry" <j.e.perry@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > > ...
> > > I'm running now the current STABLE kernel with the iwl3945 driver.  The
> > > latest 10.3 kernel has an update to that driver with many bugfixes,
> > >
> > > Andreas
> > How do you get the iwl3945 driver? I have the vanilla 10.3 system with
> > complete updates (according to opensuse-updater), and I have the ipw3945
> > driver.
> > ...
> > ...Well, I just looked at the Intel site again, and now they say iwlwifi
> > 1.0.0 has been "production" since 8/13/2007.  So why isn't it in suse
> > now?  Or doesn't "production" mean "stable"?
>
> I mean iwlwifi - and that's part of the default kernel.  Please read the
> 10.3 Release Notes for details,

Well, duh.  Sure enough, there it was, with the admonition that ipw3945
doesn't survive hibernation (which certainly matches my experience), and
iwlwifi doesn't handle hidden connections.  I switched over to iwlwifi,
and I've been through two hibernations without having to reconnect
manually, much less restart the whole wifi driver chain, as I frequently
did with ipw3945.

Since all the access points I'm interested in are announced, it's a real
benefit having switched to iwlwifi.  Thanks, Andreas.  I really have to
get back into the habit of reading through the release notes.

jp
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