mrw wrote:
> So, possibly we have some kind of mismatch here if the wireless driver
> is compiled for wireless extensions < 21 (is it ?). Because setting a
> random SSID, or any SSID, of length 32 won't work, because
> -wpa_supplicant- will bump the length by one, to 33. I won't pretend
> that it makes 100% sense to me, I would have thought that it might have
> been spotted some time ago. But perhaps there aren't any current bits of
> wireless kit that use wireless extensions < 21.
>
> I have always associated the kernel message with
> connection/disconnection events, although that's not saying much. But I
> think I spin a plausible tale, even though it may not be supported by
> hard facts. Hard facts require a more rigorous investigation.
>
> *EDIT*: One possibility would be to adapt -wpa_supplicant- to generate
> its "random SSID" to be of length 31 (i.e -SSID_MAX_LEN - 1-). That
> would test my tale quite nicely.
>
> *DOUBLE EDIT*: Well, I have just made that adaptation, and, well, it
> works ! No more "Wireless event too big" messages evident on
> disconnection/re-connection. So I think we now understand them, or at
> least some of them. Provided there is no other unintended consequence
> apparent, I'll prepare a PR for consideration. I think it would be good
> to 'squash' the message, given that some users already have Wi-fi
> issues.
That's great that you've managed to squelch the log message.
Sorry, I didn't respond sooner. The wireless extensions version is 22.
>From linux-2.6.26/include/linux/wireless.h for the radio.
Code:
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/*
* This file define a set of standard wireless extensions
*
* Version : 22 16.3.07
*
* Authors : Jean Tourrilhes - HPL - <[email protected]>
* Copyright (c) 1997-2007 Jean Tourrilhes, All Rights Reserved.
*/
..snip..
/*
* This constant is used to know the availability of the wireless
* extensions and to know which version of wireless extensions it is
* (there is some stuff that will be added in the future...)
* I just plan to increment with each new version.
*/
#define WIRELESS_EXT 22
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