#930: adjust madwifi for WE21, which no longer reports SSID length + 1
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Reporter: kelmo | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: major | Milestone: version 0.9.5
Component: madwifi: driver | Version: trunk
Resolution: fixed | Keywords:
Patch_attached: 0 |
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Comment (by anonymous):
Replying to [comment:4 anonymous]:
> I wrote the report mentioned by mrenzmann. I just tried SVN r2538 and it
still fails.
>
> Just try:
>
> {{{
> iwconfig ath0 essid 12345678901234567890123456789012
> }}}
>
> vs
>
> {{{
> iwconfig ath0 essid 1234567890123456789012345678901
> }}}
>
Hi,
Quick update. The kernel patch was rejected, and therefore this bug
(cannot read ESSID with 32 bytes) was still lingering. Recently, I found a
way to fix that in userspace, and I implemented it in v30.pre7. So,
upgrade Wireless Tools and that should be fixed...
Jean
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