linux-kernel - Re: iwlwifi-driver card doesn't work with 3.19-rc2+

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Message-ID: <54A328C2.5080606@lwfinger.net>
Date:	Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:35:46 -0600
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
CC:	"Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"egrumbach@...il.com" <egrumbach@...il.com>,
	"peter@...leysoftware.com" <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	"ilw@...ux.intel.com" <ilw@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: iwlwifi-driver card doesn't work with 3.19-rc2+

On 12/30/2014 03:23 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 09:41:41PM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
>> If wireless maintainers think otherwise, I'll send a revert request to
>> Linus for consideration.
>
> I wonder if the reaction would be like this one:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75
>
> :-)

It would be a little like that.

One thread of interest is https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/12/22/348. Commit 
24a0aa212ee2 ("cfg80211: make WEXT compatibility unselectable") made it 
impossible to select the IPW2200. The patch to allow selecting the IPW2200, 
which automatically selects CFG80211_WEXT has been added to wireless-drivers, 
but it has not yet made it to mainline. Once it does, then choosing to build the 
IPW2200 will provide a workaround.

In my opinion, the need for the IPW2200 to have CFG80211_WEXT means that the 
original commit will likely be reverted, but your voice will help.

I use openSUSE 13.2, but I control my wireless with NetworkManager. For that 
reason, this is a non-issue for me.

Larry

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