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

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Message-ID: <20061004003031.GA2215@bougret.hpl.hp.com>
Date:	Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:30:31 -0700
From:	Jean Tourrilhes <jt@....hp.com>
To:	Sean <seanlkml@...patico.ca>
Cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Lee Revell <rlrevell@...-job.com>,
	Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@...il.com>,
	Norbert Preining <preining@...ic.at>, hostap@...oo.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, johannes@...solutions.net
Subject: Re: wpa supplicant/ipw3945, ESSID last char missing

On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 08:27:54PM -0400, Sean wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:31:38 -0700
> Jean Tourrilhes <jt@....hp.com> wrote:
> 
> > 	It's already done with the current interface, you can access
> > the API with either ioctls or RtNetlink.
> 
> Does this answer Ted's question though?  Why can't userspace request
> the new v48 interface to get the changed API while older tools
> get the v47 interface and continue to work without needing to
> be upgraded?

	How does that happen in practice ? Kernel has no clue on what
userpace version is running.

> Sean

	Jean
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