Hi!
This is not a show stopper for me, but some of you may want to deprecate
the wireless extension kernel option.
I have a configuration where scanning and association attempt work fine
from wpa_supplicant when the wpa_priv utility is started with wext:wlan1
but not with nl80211:wlan1.
If I try the not-performing variant (nl80211), I need to remove and
install the wifi module (rtl8192ce) for the other one to perform OK.
From a fresh boot, this performing wext variant works fine the first time.
I have traces from wpa_priv, wpa_supplicant, and wpa_cli from either
options. Same configuration files for build time and run time.
Tried with various kernel options. A portion of the most recent kernel
config is attached.
If I can be of assistance for improving the Linux Wi-Fi support, let me
know.
- Thierry Moreau