[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#625701: [wpasupplicant] ipw3945 ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument

[Kel Modderman]

On Thu, 5 May 2011 07:20:16 PM Ruiyan Yu wrote:
> Hi Kel,
> 
> Am 05.05.2011 11:06, schrieb Kel Modderman:
> > Can you please remove this wpa-driver line or try with "wpa-driver
> > nl80211"?
> > 
> >> Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-686
> > 
> > With this kernel, nl80211 should be better than WEXT interface.
> > 
> > Thanks, Kel.
> 
> It works great with "wpa-driver nl80211".
> Thanks for your help!

Cool, copying the BTS + list for the record.

Normally I would close a bug fixed so easily, but it seems that
"wpa-driver wext" might actually be totally crap and cause more problems for 
other people.

It should possibly be removed from wpa_supplicant build configuration and 
nl80211 used instead. I'm not sure of the best way to migrate people's 
/etc/network/interfaces configuration which includes "wpa-driver wext".

Idea's welcome.

Thanks, Kel.