netdev - Re: [git patches] net driver updates

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Date:	Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:48:30 -0500
From:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
To:	jeff@...zik.org
Cc:	Roger While <simrw@...-basis.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [git patches] net driver updates

On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 08:27 -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 12:46:46PM +0100, Roger While wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > >Dan Williams (1):
> > >      prism54: correct assignment of DOT1XENABLE in WE-19 codepaths
> > 
> > Where did this spring from ?
> > I see no posting of this patch let alone
> > an ACK.
> > The patch is also doing rather more than the description -
> > It is inserting extra breaks into a switch statement with
> > no comment as to why.
> 
> Dan posted it to linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org on 13 Feb 2007.
> The description in the body is quoted below:

It was also posted to stable@...nel.org and accepted for 2.6.19 and
2.6.20.

Dan

> 	Correct assignment of DOT1XENABLE in WE-19 codepaths.
> 	RX_UNENCRYPTED_EAPOL = 1 really means setting DOT1XENABLE _off_, and
> 	vice versa.  The original WE-19 patch erroneously reversed that.  This
> 	patch fixes association with unencrypted and WEP networks when using
> 	wpa_supplicant.
> 	
> 	It also adds two missing break statements that, left out, could result
> 	in incorrect card configuration.
> 	
> 	Please commit to both development and stable branches.
> 
> Hth...
> 
> John

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