Bug#376853: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#376853: wpa_supplicant: ipw2200 shoul
be added to wext
Kel Modderman
kelrin at tpg.com.au
Thu Jul 6 12:43:25 UTC 2006
Benjamin Leipold wrote:
> Package: wpa_supplicant
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Since kernel 2.6.15 (i think so), the Intel Pro Wireless 2200
> must be accessed via the wext driver. The man page doesn't mention
> this fact.
>
Hi Benjamin,
The very first entry in the /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/NEWS.Debian.gz
explains the situation.
Because it was the linux kernel that made this change, and not
wpa_supplicant, I am not sure it is really a good idea to ask
wpa_supplicant to track changes in driver API. Rather, this is the job
of distribution maintainers (we have already documented it in our
internal NEWS file) or the upstream driver maintainers (in the case the
ipw2100 project).
Thanks, Kel
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