tags 358617 upstream
stop
On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 03:15:22PM +0100, Noèl Köthe wrote:
>
> the ipw2200 module in the kernel doesn't have the monitor mode enabled.
> It should be enabled like the one for ipw2100 but trying to enable it via
> menuconfig on a vanilla .16 kernel doesn't allow this option.
> But it is in the code
this needs newer firmware and the fixes which went in after 2.6.16.
> linux-2.6.16/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
> ....
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_IPW2200_MONITOR
> case IW_MODE_MONITOR:
> rc = ipw_get_fw(priv, &ucode,
> IPW_FW_NAME("sniffer_ucode"));
> ....
>
> Is it a upstream bug?
will be enabled in 2.6.17.
regards
--
maks
