On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 21:09 +1000, Kel Modderman wrote: > reopen 372208 > |retitle |372208 Orinoco and wpa_supplicant not working with WEP > thanks > > Hi, > > I have a bad feeling about the included patch and would like to drop it > for a few reasons: > > 1. I currently experience problems with WEP and madwifi (using wext > ioctl's), and have had difficulty debugging
well does it help if you remove the patch ? > 2. This patch has not been merged upstream, its been around long > enough for that (i suspect its not mergable) > 3. We made little effort to discuss this patch with upstream or its > authour (Dan Williams), and that is mostly my fault then please go ahead and do it... > 4. Diverging from upstream like this is _never_ a good thing in the > long term that is true > 5. I don't want to spoil my debugging attempts with other developers > of madwifi (or wpa_supplicant) while this subtle hack is included well but no one hinders you from building a local package w/o the patch. > > The patch is still contained in the source package, but inactive via > debian/patches/00list. > > Comments on how to best proceed welcome. as w/o the patch wpasupplicant is rendered useless for orinoco users, you should prove that patch is faulty. however I would suggest you to publicly ask on the lists why this patch is not included (reasons...) and based on this decide to drop/keep it/come up with a newer patch. Soeren -- Sometimes, there's a moment as you're waking, when you become aware of the real world around you, but you're still dreaming. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
