Latest iwlagn for SLED 11 causes wireless adapter to stop working

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop running either iwlagn-2-6-27-kmp-pae-1.0_2.6.27.45_0.3-0.18.1 or iwlagn-2-6-27-kmp-default-1.0_2.6.27.45_0.3-0.18.1

Situation

The latest update for iwlagn in SLED 11 (ie iwlagn-2-6-27-kmp-pae-1.0_2.6.27.45_0.3-0.18.1 or iwlagn-2-6-27-kmp-default-1.0_2.6.27.45_0.3-0.18.1) causes the wireless adapter to disappear from Network Devices in YaST, yet still show up with hwinfo --netcard, and wireless functionality will no longer work.

Resolution

To resolve this issue simply roll iwlagn back to: iwlagn-2-6-27-kmp-pae-1.0_2.6.27.42_0.1-0.15.1 or iwlagn-2-6-27-kmp-default-1.0_2.6.27.42_0.1-0.15.1. The older version can be installed using the Software Manager in YaST.

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