Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751751AbWJERpV (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:45:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751754AbWJERpV (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:45:21 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:42988 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751751AbWJERpS (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:45:18 -0400 Message-ID: <452544AC.7050906@garzik.org> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:45:16 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060913) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: andersen@codepoet.org CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: wpa supplicant/ipw3945, ESSID last char missing References: <20061003180543.GD23912@tuxdriver.com> <4522A9BE.9000805@garzik.org> <20061003183849.GA17635@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <4522B311.7070905@garzik.org> <20061003214038.GE23912@tuxdriver.com> <20061003231648.GB26351@thunk.org> <1159948179.2817.26.camel@ux156> <20061005163513.GC6510@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <4525364D.1000409@garzik.org> <20061005174241.GA23632@codepoet.org> In-Reply-To: <20061005174241.GA23632@codepoet.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.3 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1271 Lines: 30 Erik Andersen wrote: > On Thu Oct 05, 2006 at 12:43:57PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Wireless Extensions has reached end-of-life, and so we only need to >> support what's out there in wide distribution. > > Hmm, so what is going to replace it? I was messing about with my > old powerbook G4 titanium, trying to make wpa_supplicant work > when I realized the airport/orinoco driver used for my powerbook > can't handle WPA since that apparently requires at least WE-18. > I started looking into what it would take to teach the orinoco > driver about WE>=18. But I suppose there is no point in my > looking further if WE is heading to the great bit-bucket in the > sky. > > Is 'Wireless Extensions The Next Generation' described and > documented somewhere? Or am I better off if I just give up and > move on to some other more realistic project? :-) Look around for references to nl80211 / cfg80211, particularly on the netdev@vger.kernel.org list. Jeff P.S. Your mailer is generating buggy Mail-Followup-To lines. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/