Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751529AbaL3U2u (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:28:50 -0500 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([192.55.52.115]:3630 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751321AbaL3U2t (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:28:49 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,862,1389772800"; d="scan'208";a="435075817" From: "Grumbach, Emmanuel" To: "jkosina@suse.cz" CC: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "egrumbach@gmail.com" , "peter@hurleysoftware.com" , "ilw@linux.intel.com" , "Berg, Johannes" Subject: Re: iwlwifi-driver card doesn't work with 3.19-rc2+ Thread-Topic: iwlwifi-driver card doesn't work with 3.19-rc2+ Thread-Index: AQHQJDU+EoR5axQUzE2MSpVrm+daTJyoDkqAgAADSYCAACHJYP//6zeAgABVzQA= Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:28:23 +0000 Message-ID: <1419971304.30412.0.camel@egrumbacBox> References: <54A2B807.1020202@hurleysoftware.com> <0BA3FCBA62E2DC44AF3030971E174FB31B5DC915@hasmsx107.ger.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.254.147.25] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-ID: <5D62A0347C5CD1418A7EA9308A73D7DD@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by nfs id sBUKT90K021889 On Tue, 2014-12-30 at 16:21 +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2014, Grumbach, Emmanuel wrote: > > > > > So why do you used them? > > > > They have been deprecated for a couple of years now. You should be > > > > using nl80211 based tools such as iw. > > > > > > A couple of years is not very long where userspace is concerned. > > > > > Well - the decently new wireless tools do talk nl80211. > > With 3.18-rc5, I get this: > > # iwconfig --version > iwconfig Wireless-Tools version 30 > Compatible with Wireless Extension v11 to v22. > > Kernel Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v22. > > wlan0 Recommend Wireless Extension v21 or later, > Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v22. > > > With 3.19-rc, I get (with the same userspace) this: > > # iwconfig --version > iwconfig Wireless-Tools version 30 > Compatible with Wireless Extension v11 to v22. > > Cannot read /proc/net/wireless > > And nothing else (iwlist, etc) works either. This is with > > # rpm -qi wireless-tools | grep Ver > Version : 30.pre9 > > from openSUSE 13.2. That's not decently new enough? > You should also have the iw tool which will provide all you need using the nl80211 interface which is now the preferred interface. > > You can still enable it (CFG80211_WEXT). > > It has been disabled by: > > > > commit 24a0aa212ee2dbe44360288684478d76a8e20a0a > > Author: Johannes Berg > > Date: Fri Nov 28 12:14:06 2014 +0100 > > > > cfg80211: make WEXT compatibility unselectable > > I think this needs to be reverted. > ????{.n?+???????+%?????ݶ??w??{.n?+????{??G?????{ay?ʇڙ?,j??f???h?????????z_??(?階?ݢj"???m??????G????????????&???~???iO???z??v?^?m???? ????????I?