Openmoko Bug #1939: wifi crashes the device

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#1939: wifi crashes the device
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    Reporter:  gawlitza  |        Owner:  marek       
        Type:  defect    |       Status:  assigned    
    Priority:  normal    |    Milestone:  Om2008.9    
   Component:  unknown   |      Version:  Om2008.9-dev
    Severity:  major     |   Resolution:              
    Keywords:            |    Blockedby:              
Reproducible:  always    |     Blocking:              
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Comment(by gawlitza):

 Hi Marek,
 answering your question via mail does not work (mail returned with not
 known address).
 The hang occurs if you want to establish a wep-key-secured wlan-
 connection. It occurs NOT with unsecured wlan. If you disable wep-key
 security in the router and let the wep key in iwconfig empty, then wifi
 works and you can install packages and so on ! If you set wep-key with
 iwconfig and then - which is necessary - set the proper essid, then system
 freezes, you must remove all plugs and battery to reboot. Therefore I
 think this is a kernel / kernel-module / driver problem, and not a problem
 of applications in rootfs. This is reproducable every time I tried.
 I have frerunner full-flashed with Om2008.8-gta02-20080903.uImage.bin and
 Om2008.8-gta02-20080904.rootfs.jffs2.
 Greatings M. Gawlitza

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