[ltp] x61s gentoo wlan problem

[Michal Hajek]

Hi all, 

I am running gentoo on my Thinkpad X61s laptop, however I have no luck 
with recent kernels and wlan (including 2.6.39). 

Basicaly, I have followed this guide: 
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Iwlwifi#Kernels_.3E.3D2.6.30

and after boot, I have iwl3945 loaded.
If I do 
rmmod iwl3945 
and 
modprobe iwl3945 fw_restart=1


I get in dmesg: 
[ 3837.809331] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 3839.820048] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network 
Connection driver for Linux, in-tree:s
[ 3839.820056] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
[ 3839.820198] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> 
IRQ 17
[ 3839.820228] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3839.861886] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 
802.11a channels
[ 3839.861894] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 
3945ABG
[ 3839.862094] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 3839.862552] Registered led device: phy3-led
[ 3839.862775] ieee80211 phy3: Selected rate control algorithm 
'iwl-3945-rs'
[ 3839.866855] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: wlan0: Features changed: 0x00004800 
-> 0x00004000

which looks good. However, led does not blink and iwconfig shows: 
wlan0     no wireless extensions

This is under kernel 2.6.39.

RFKILL switch is in "on" possition (wifi enabled). 

Any suggestions what can I try?