[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#489920: Bug#489920: madwifi no longer supported, ath_pci doesn't work anymore

[martin f krafft]

forcemerge 487585 489920
thanks

also sprach Kel Modderman <kel at otaku42.de> [2008.07.09.0227 +0200]:
> Where do you get your information from? Madwifi and ath5k support
> the WEXT backend, it just so happens that ath5k doesn't work at
> all very well yet.

I've been happy for years with the ath_pci driver and madwifi
backend. When I try the wext backend, the driver cannot make an
association, wavemon keeps showing an empty ESSID, and the invalid
network ID counter keeps counting upwards. If I revert to the
madwifi private backend, it works fine.

> I suspect this is a duplicate of #487585. Please confirm, so that the bug
> reports may be merged.

Yes looks like it, sorry.

I now wonder how to move forward. I don't have connectivity on my
laptop anymore and have to type this elsewhere, so getting debug
information is going to require a lot of extra work. I'd appreciate
if my hand was held a bit. :)

PS: I went a bit berserk after seeing that the latest wpasupplicant
in sid has UNRELEASED in the changelog.

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