Bug#364458: madwifi-source: Error on 'ifdown' and 'iwconfig mode auto'

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Package: madwifi-source
Version: 0.svn20060207-4
Severity: normal


I am using madwifi with an Atheros AR5212 802.11abg (rev 01). 'ifdown
ath0' gives the following error:
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device ath0 ; Invalid argument.
The same error occurs when issuing 'iwconfig ath0 mode auto', so I
assume that ifdown is also doing 'mode auto' or something similar. This
is only a minor quibble with no effect on usability (AFAICT the
driver works flawlessly) but perhaps the documentation should
include a note acknowledging this.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-386
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages madwifi-source depends on:
ii  build-essential               11.2       informational list of build-essent
ii  bzip2                         1.0.2-7    high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  debhelper                     4.2.36     helper programs for debian/rules
ii  module-assistant              0.10.3     tool to make module package creati
ii  sharutils                     1:4.2.1-13 shar, unshar, uuencode, uudecode

Versions of packages madwifi-source recommends:
ii  kernel-package                9.008      A utility for building Linux kerne

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