[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#570688: wpasupplicant: using the nl80211 driver still requires WEXT support in the kernel
Kel Modderman
kel at otaku42.de
Sun Feb 21 06:56:03 UTC 2010
severity 570688 wishlist
thanks
On Sunday 21 February 2010 04:32:02 Mircea Gherzan wrote:
> Package: wpasupplicant
> Version: 0.6.10-1
> Severity: important
>
> In 0.6.10, nl80211 driver still contains some WEXT code (iotctl/SIOCSIWAUTH). Therefore, on custom-configured vanilla kernels, without kernel WEXT support, wpa_supplicant fails to work as expected.
>
> Commit dbb2618300a5ed8349754bfbdec3d9c1eda9df38 from upstream solves this. So please upgrade to version 0.6.11.
0.6.11 is not released at the time of writing. That commit is in 0.6.10 anyway.
Kel.
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