Attachment 378229 Details for Bug 625403

[patch] Patch to fix ifup-wireless

fix_ifup-wireless (text/plain), 2.05 KB, created by Larry Finger on 2010-07-25 19:56:47 UTC

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Creator: Larry Finger

Created: 2010-07-25 19:56:47 UTC

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>The script /etc/sysconfig/network/scripts/ifup-wireless has two kinds
>of problems.
>
>(1) Not all mainline drivers that use mac80211 are handled in the
>    case statement that sets WPA_DRIVER. The effects are minimal;
>    however, the user gets an unwarranted message that "WPA
>    configured but may not be supported". The fix is to add all
>    mac80211 drivers to the case statement.
>
>(2) If there is a driver that does not use nl80211, the user will
>    never get a connection, and is, therefore, more serious. The
>    fix is to change the default to select the wext driver.
>
>Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
>---
>
>This problem was found while checking a driver that will soon be sent
>the staging tree.
>
>Larry
>---
>
>Index: scripts/ifup-wireless
>===================================================================
>--- scripts.orig/ifup-wireless
>+++ scripts/ifup-wireless
>@@ -747,6 +747,12 @@ case $ACTION in
>             ar9170*)
>                 WPA_DRIVER=nl80211
>                 ;;
>+	    rtl818*)
>+		WPA_DRIVER=nl80211
>+		;;
>+	    rt2860*|rt2870*|r8187se|r8192*|vt665*)
>+		WPA_DRIVER=wext
>+		;;
>             *)
>                 WPA_DRIVER=unsupported
>                 PREFER_WPA_SUPPLICANT=no
>@@ -757,10 +763,10 @@ case $ACTION in
>             if [ "$WPA_DRIVER" = "unsupported" ]; then
>                 message "`printf "    %-9s warning: WPA configured but may be unsupported" $INTERFACE`"
>                 message "`printf "    %-9s warning: by this device" $INTERFACE`"
>-                info_mesg "using WPA driver 'nl80211' for interface $INTERFACE"
>+                info_mesg "using WPA driver 'wext' for interface $INTERFACE with driver $DRIVER"
>                 info_mesg "when you notice problems with this new driver, set " \
>-                          "WIRELESS_WPA_DRIVER='wext' and file a bug report"
>-                WPA_DRIVER=nl80211
>+                          "WIRELESS_WPA_DRIVER='nl80211' and file a bug report"
>+                WPA_DRIVER=wext
>             fi
>             start_wpa_supplicant
>         elif [ "$PREFER_WPA_SUPPLICANT" = "yes" ]; then

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