linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-git9 wireless fixes break ipw2200 association to AP with WPA

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Date:	Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:11:47 -0700
From:	Jean Tourrilhes <jt@....hp.com>
To:	Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@...il.com>
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-git9 wireless fixes break ipw2200 association to AP with WPA

On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 02:27:01PM +0200, Alessandro Suardi wrote:
> 
> Good news, WPA association is back to work for me using
> wireless_tools.29.pre10 and wpa_supplicant-0.4.9 with
> 
> 2.6.18-git11 vanilla
> 2.6.18-git11 with reverted wireless fixes
> 2.6.18-git13
> 
> which appears to mean that backward compatibility of the
> new tools with older kernel features has also been tested :)

	We can't really test everything, but at least we try to do the
basics. The strong versioning of the API does help with regards to
this kind of change.

> Dave, do you want me to file a request for updated FC5 RPMs
> for wireless-tools and wpa_supplicant in bugzilla or is it
>  - already happening
>  - never going to happen
> ?

	I believe we are actually pretty close to FC6, which should
have all the right bits...

> Thanks, ciao,
> 
> --alessandro

	Ciao...

	Jean
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