[pkg-wpa-devel] Re: New unstable & experimental release candidates ready for upload.

[Kel Modderman]

Kel Modderman wrote:
> Kel Modderman wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have taken a snapshot of svn that is suitable for upload. Two 
>> packages, wpasupplicant_0.4.X for unstable, wpasupplicant_0.5.x for 
>> experimental. These will help iron out a few annoying little bugs.
>>
>> They are located at the same location as last time:
>>
>> http://users.tpg.com.au/sigm/misc/pkg-wpa/
>>
>> @ Kyle, would it be possible for you to upload them please?
>>
>> Thanks, Kel.
>>
>>
> Hmm, I had a brief chat to ndiswrapper's developer about it using wext 
> ioctl's, and also personally patched madwifi-ng to use wext. I think 
> the driver autodetection for these modules should be dropped ASAP, and 
> I please ask that these source packages do not get uploaded until I 
> make the required changes changes (I will do so immediately, and re 
> announce).
>
> Thanks, Kel.
>

Okay, I fixed the issue. New source packages have been uploaded.

Sorry for the noise, but I believe that the consequences of that driver 
"guessing" code could be very dangerous right now, as more and more 
drivers begin to adopt the wext ioctl's.

Thanks, Kel.