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Re: WPA / ipw2200 / kernel 2.6.16



hello holger,

On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 12:32:37PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wednesday 24 May 2006 23:36, Michael Biebl wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> ..attached to this bug-report:
> 
> > [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=368694
> 
> Werner, Michael, can you please test if the latest 2.6.16 kernel from
> 
> deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel sid main
> 
> works with network manager and WPA now and if not reassign this bug to the 
> linux-source-2.6.16 package?!

the ipw2200 had a big merge in the git1 snapshot after the 2.6.16
release. prior the firmware reloaded every bit when using encryption
even with wpe. also this stupid firmware versioning got dropped.

so you want something newer then 2.6.16 for ipw2200.
 
> (I'm running sarge on my machine with a ipw2200 so I cannot really test it 
> myself.)
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Holger

regards

-- 
maks



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