[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#487585: Bug#487585: Bug#487585: Bug#487585: Doesn't associate with wext driver, consider readding madwifi.

[Glenn Saberton]

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Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> tag 487585 help
> stop
> 
> kelmo <kel at otaku42.de> writes:
> 
>> I've put forward my opinion already, and I'll stand by it. If enough convincing
>> arguments are put forward by people that the madwifi driver interface (private,
>> non-standard WPA interface, requiring a copy of source code that must be
>> synchonised with non-free madwifi source package periodically, without
>> backwards compatibility guarentee) should be reactivated in the Debian
>> wpasupplicant package, then another member of pkg-wpa group, or NMU by a
>> Debian Developer will have to take care of it.
> 
> 
> So let's make the following requirement: In order to get the madwifi
> headers included back, we need new manpower in the pkg-wpa team. That
> person should commit to keep the header up-to-date in svn and help with
> general maintenance of the package.
> 
> If such a person shows up and does the work, fine. If not, this bug
> stays openas call for help for someone to fix it. We, the current
> wpasupplicant maintainers have no interest in maintaining the header
> copy.
> 
I think it would be beneficial to all if the people that are
experiencing problems with the current debian madwifi package with the
current wpasupplicant package, that they would actually supply some
debug info to the relevant upstream so it could be fixed there rather
than continue down a deprecated path. As a reasonably long time user of
both madwifi and wpasupplicant with several atheros chips and no
problems using wext, I think it would be more useful to find the cause
of the problem than revert to using code that no-one wants to support.

/my two cents

Cheers

Glenn
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