On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:21:55 -0700, "Guy, Wey-Yi" wrote: > but why you need it?, "start device" call will fail if can not allocate > priv->txq The device is down, so start_device was never called. At least, that's my assumption -- I've got the wireless device 'disabled' in NetworkManager. -- keith.packard@intel.com