[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#485769: Bug#485769: wpasupplicant crashes: not with 32bit kernel

[Julien Cristau]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 22:12:00 +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:

> severity 485769 important
> thanks
> 
> On Sunday 24 August 2008 23:50:05 Stefan Fritsch wrote:
> > Hrm. It works with linux-image-2.6.25-2-686.
> > 
> > Maybe the severity is not grave after all. But wpasupplicant should not 
> > crash.
> 
> I cannot reproduce the problem, neither can my peer. Also have little idea
> of what can be wrong. Downgrading the severity as it seem to work for many
> people.
> 
Sounds like an issue with handling of compat ioctl paths (when the
kernel is 64bit and the userland 32bit)…

Cheers,
Julien