As mentioned here there is a problem with kernel 2.6.12 and ipw2200 1.0.4. Please update the current ebuild to include the patch posted here: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7552069&forum_id=38938 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Seems this this bug has already been fixed. Sorry for spamming.