linux-kernel - Re: wpa supplicant/ipw3945, ESSID last char missing

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Date:	Mon, 2 Oct 2006 15:49:56 -0400
From:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	jt@....hp.com
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>, "Dan Williams" <dcbw@...hat.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"Norbert Preining" <preining@...ic.at>,
	"Alessandro Suardi" <alessandro.suardi@...il.com>,
	hostap@...oo.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ipw3945-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: wpa supplicant/ipw3945, ESSID last char missing

On 10/2/06, Jean Tourrilhes <jt@....hp.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 03:34:04PM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On 10/2/06, Jean Tourrilhes <jt@....hp.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >       The whole point of the -rc process is to find problems and the
> > >scope of it, there is no way I can know everything. At this point, we
> > >can decide if WE-21 should go in 2.6.19 or wait for 2.6.20. But I know
> > >that most Linux-Wireless people such as Dan and Jouni have been
> > >waiting impatiently for those changes...
> > >
> >
> > It would be nice if need of a specific version of wireless tools was
> > documented in Documentaion/Changes. It was a surprise for me when my
> > wireless card stopped working.
>
>        The Wireless Tols themselves issue a nice warning telling you
> about the version mismatch and the need to upgrade. This is even more
> powerful, as most people don't read the doc, but they run the tools.
>        Don't tell my you ignored the warning !
>

I think it was giving me that warning for the last couple of years...
I think FC3 was shipped with version 17? "May not work" is different
from "need release x.y.z" to work.

-- 
Dmitry
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