iwl3945 improved: led now working!

[Ian Malone]

max bianco wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Frank Elsner <Frank.Elsner at tu-berlin.de> wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:58:18 -0500 Paul Johnson wrote:
>>  > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Frank Elsner <Frank.Elsner at tu-berlin.de> wrote:
>>
>>   [ ... ]
>>
>>
>>  > >  I've tried the 2.6.24.4-64.fc8 with my F7 system. LED goes on during boot
>>  > >  but network start fails constantly to determine an ip for wlan0 via dhcp.
>>  > >
>>  > >  --Frank Elsner
>>  > >
>>  >
>>  > We've discussed connection troubles here.  Prominent, widespread
>>  > problem is that users have 2 services turned on that should be off.
>>  > The wpa_supplicant and network services should be off, and
>>  > NetworkManager should be on.
>>  >
>>  > I was one of the people for whom wireless never worked and I
>>  > complained all the time.  Finally removing the wpa_supplicant service
>>  > was the key, and now I can connect to wireless dependably using the
>>  > nm-applet program.
>>
>>  Misunderstanding, I guess :-)
>>
>>  I've *no* connection problems. I just tested the 2.6.24.4-64.fc8 kernel
>>  with my (working) configuration (using wpa_supplicant) because I want
>>  to see the led flashing :-)
>>
> That makes you feel better? that the LED is flashing? You realize it
> just means the thing is consuming more power. A trivial amount to be
> sure, actually i probably just spent more energy typing and sending
> this email but strangely enough this realization has not prompted me
> to stop typing. In fact that realization is just making this take
> longer and using more precious energy.
> 

It's quite useful in that it tells you:
1.  That the wireless is on.
2.  That there is network activity.

That's what it's there for.

-- 
imalone