Bug#487721: linux-2.6: ipw2200 wrongly claims it can scan for hidden ESSIDs
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Ben Hutchings wrote: I rather suspect that that would not be acceptable upstream! However, when I reviewed the thread referred to above I realised I had not tried the patch that Dan Williams suggested. Something similar was committed as ea177305b321a4127e448b88de20d5792682ace1, between 2.6.26-rc4 and -rc5. I applied this to the kernel source package in unstable, rebuilt and reloaded ipw2200 and it fixed the bug for me. So I think you can close this in 2.6.26-1. Ben. ok cool, added to changelog. thanks for the info. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#487721: linux-2.6: ipw2200 wrongly claims it can scan for hidden ESSIDs
On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 03:37 +0200, maximilian attems wrote: snip diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c index 6e70460..457c078 100644 - --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c @@ -8973,7 +8973,7 @@ static int ipw_wx_get_range(struct net_device *dev, range-enc_capa = IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA | IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA2 | IW_ENC_CAPA_CIPHER_TKIP | IW_ENC_CAPA_CIPHER_CCMP; - - range-scan_capa = IW_SCAN_CAPA_ESSID | IW_SCAN_CAPA_TYPE; + range-scan_capa = IW_SCAN_CAPA_TYPE; IPW_DEBUG_WX(GET Range\n); return 0; - --- END --- Ben. thanks for the patch, could we get it upstream so that we can backport it. don't want to start wireless divergence. I rather suspect that that would not be acceptable upstream! However, when I reviewed the thread referred to above I realised I had not tried the patch that Dan Williams suggested. Something similar was committed as ea177305b321a4127e448b88de20d5792682ace1, between 2.6.26-rc4 and -rc5. I applied this to the kernel source package in unstable, rebuilt and reloaded ipw2200 and it fixed the bug for me. So I think you can close this in 2.6.26-1. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#487721: linux-2.6: ipw2200 wrongly claims it can scan for hidden ESSIDs
hello ben! On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Ben Hutchings wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Since I upgraded from Linux 2.6.24, NetworkManager cannot associate my Intel wireless card, handled by the ipw2200 driver, with my AP, which has a hidden SSID. NetworkManager thinks that wpa_supplicant should be able to scan for specific hidden SSIDs if the underlying driver advertises IW_SCAN_CAPA_ESSID, which ipw2200 does since 2.6.25. However, this doesn't work. I have confirmed that NetworkManager is interpreting this capability flag correctly and checked that wpa_supplicant has the patch that I was referred to - see the thread on linux-wireless http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/15560. Therefore I believe the driver is at fault. This should be fixable by removing the capability flag: diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c index 6e70460..457c078 100644 - --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c @@ -8973,7 +8973,7 @@ static int ipw_wx_get_range(struct net_device *dev, range-enc_capa = IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA | IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA2 | IW_ENC_CAPA_CIPHER_TKIP | IW_ENC_CAPA_CIPHER_CCMP; - - range-scan_capa = IW_SCAN_CAPA_ESSID | IW_SCAN_CAPA_TYPE; + range-scan_capa = IW_SCAN_CAPA_TYPE; IPW_DEBUG_WX(GET Range\n); return 0; - --- END --- Ben. thanks for the patch, could we get it upstream so that we can backport it. don't want to start wireless divergence. kind regards -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#487721: linux-2.6: ipw2200 wrongly claims it can scan for hidden ESSIDs
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.25-5 Severity: normal Tags: patch -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Since I upgraded from Linux 2.6.24, NetworkManager cannot associate my Intel wireless card, handled by the ipw2200 driver, with my AP, which has a hidden SSID. NetworkManager thinks that wpa_supplicant should be able to scan for specific hidden SSIDs if the underlying driver advertises IW_SCAN_CAPA_ESSID, which ipw2200 does since 2.6.25. However, this doesn't work. I have confirmed that NetworkManager is interpreting this capability flag correctly and checked that wpa_supplicant has the patch that I was referred to - see the thread on linux-wireless http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/15560. Therefore I believe the driver is at fault. This should be fixable by removing the capability flag: diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c index 6e70460..457c078 100644 - --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c @@ -8973,7 +8973,7 @@ static int ipw_wx_get_range(struct net_device *dev, range-enc_capa = IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA | IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA2 | IW_ENC_CAPA_CIPHER_TKIP | IW_ENC_CAPA_CIPHER_CCMP; - - range-scan_capa = IW_SCAN_CAPA_ESSID | IW_SCAN_CAPA_TYPE; + range-scan_capa = IW_SCAN_CAPA_TYPE; IPW_DEBUG_WX(GET Range\n); return 0; - --- END --- Ben. - -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (100, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIX/n079ZNCRIGYgcRAtTDAJ0QJkA9bMRF6l9AEr5X6TukLEyq9ACfW+YL rCQutbYqXk8u8vZP8Zawka0= =pip+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
