Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.117]:50789 "EHLO mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755289AbXGKQWp (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:22:45 -0400 Message-ID: <469503CC.8050500@lwfinger.net> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:22:36 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Wright CC: stable@kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] softmac: Fix ESSID problem References: <4692e2e0.u/1KuH/5hSPtXvF9%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <20070711071418.GS4306@sequoia.sous-sol.org> In-Reply-To: <20070711071418.GS4306@sequoia.sous-sol.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Chris Wright wrote: > * Larry Finger (Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net) wrote: >> From: Jean Tourrilhes >> >> Victor Porton reported that the SoftMAC layer had random problem when setting the ESSID : >> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8686 After investigation, it turned out to be >> worse, the SoftMAC layer is left in an inconsistent state. The fix is pretty trivial. >> >> Signed-off-by: Jean Tourrilhes >> Acked-by: Michael Buesch >> Acked-by: Larry Finger > > Please resend when this is accepted upstream. As you heard from John Linville, the patch has been sent upstream, but I'll resend it when it hits Linus's tree. Larry