[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#466910: wpasupplicant: manpage and output of 'wpa_supplicant -h' offer a different list of drivers

[Georg Neis]

Package: wpasupplicant
Version: 0.6.2+git20080206.g8c0dad4-1
Severity: normal

The wpa_supplicant manpage lists the following available drivers:

    atmel
    broadcom
    bsd
    hermes
    hostap
    ipw
    madwifi
    ndis
    ndiswrapper
    wext
    wired

'wpa_supplicant -h' only offers the following:

    atmel
    hostap
    madwifi
    test
    wext
    wired

I've found the following notes in README.modes:

    The Intel Pro Wireless adapters (ipw2100, ipw2200 and ipw3945) all use the
    'wext' backend, the 'ipw' backend is deprecated and no longer provided.

    Ndiswrapper NO LONGER SUPPORTS the 'ndiswrapper' driver backend as of version
    1.16. Therefore, 'wext' must be used.


Best regards,
Georg



-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-486
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages wpasupplicant depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.105      add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                         2.7-8      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.1.4-1    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libpcsclite1                  1.4.99-2   Middleware to access a smart card 
ii  libreadline5                  5.2-3      GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8                   0.9.8g-7   SSL shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                      3.1-24     Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip

Versions of packages wpasupplicant recommends:
ii  dhcp3-client                  3.1.0-3    DHCP client

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