Return-path: Received: from madara.hpl.hp.com ([192.6.19.124]:50432 "EHLO madara.hpl.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751631AbYJVSAV (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:00:21 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:37:21 -0700 To: Johannes Berg Cc: Larry Finger , Jouni Malinen , Jouni Malinen , wireless , LKML , John Linville Subject: Re: Regression in 2.6.27-git from commit 43ac2ca3840f64 Message-ID: <20081022173721.GA5786@bougret.hpl.hp.com> (sfid-20081022_200031_996115_378166B0) Reply-To: jt@hpl.hp.com References: <48FDFCCA.8040604@lwfinger.net> <20081022072840.GD16005@jm.kir.nu> <48FF5933.3080501@lwfinger.net> <1224695189.30459.6.camel@johannes.berg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1224695189.30459.6.camel@johannes.berg> From: Jean Tourrilhes Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 07:06:29PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 09:47 -0700, Larry Finger wrote: > > > When a utility starts spitting messages that it doesn't understand what the > > kernel is providing _AND_ the commit message does not mention that this will > > happen, can someone be blamed for thinking it is a bug? > > Heh, no, not really. It was fairly obvious us, but I guess we were just > routine-blinded. > > > Clearly this is not a regression. Are there plans to update the wireless utilities? > > I suspect it could just be made to ignore them. Or skip a select few, > but obviously it will never be able to parse all of them... > > johannes Hi, If you want me to understand what it's about, you may want to give me a bit more context. Alternatively, just send me a patch for Wireless Tools, and I'll put it in the next release. Wireless Tools is still maintained and I still do releases, even if I don't put much cycles into it. Have a great day... Jean