Hi, as maintainer of NetworkManager [1] and provided that we ship etch with kernel 2.6.16 I'd like to see the attached patch applied to the Debian kernel. The changes are rather simple and already contained in 2.6.17, it makes the ipw2200 driver correctly announce its wext-v18 capabilities. This is important for NetworkManager, otherwise it refuses to offer WPA connections, resulting in troubles for our users [2]. What are the plans for etch (2.6.16 or 2.6.17) and if 2.6.16, would you consider to include the patch? Cheers, Michael [1] http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/network-manager [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=368694 -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
--- drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c.orig 2006-05-23 16:05:58.000000000 +0200
+++ drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c 2006-05-24 16:29:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -8387,7 +8387,7 @@
/* Set the Wireless Extension versions */
range->we_version_compiled = WIRELESS_EXT;
- range->we_version_source = 16;
+ range->we_version_source = 18;
i = 0;
if (priv->ieee->mode & (IEEE_B | IEEE_G)) {
@@ -8419,6 +8419,11 @@
IW_EVENT_CAPA_MASK(SIOCGIWAP));
range->event_capa[1] = IW_EVENT_CAPA_K_1;
+#if WIRELESS_EXT > 17
+ range->enc_capa = IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA | IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA2 |
+ IW_ENC_CAPA_CIPHER_TKIP | IW_ENC_CAPA_CIPHER_CCMP;
+#endif /* WIRELESS_EXT > 17 */
+
IPW_DEBUG_WX("GET Range\n");
return 0;
}
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