On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 03:54:16PM +0100, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote: > On Monday 24 January 2011, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Package: src:wpasupplicant > > Version: 0.6.10-2.1 > > Severity: wishlist > > Tags: patch > > > > It is planned that the next release of Debian Installer will include WPA > > I hope this refers to the wheezy release cycle, as it doesn't appear to > be possible in a responsible way for squeeze anymore.
Yes, wheezy. > > support, a long overdue feature. To make this work, however, we need a udeb > > of wpasupplicant that can be built-in to the installer to configure/use WPA. > [...] > > diff -urN wpasupplicant-0.6.10.orig/debian/config/udeb > wpasupplicant-0.6.10/debian/config/udeb > [...] > +CONFIG_DRIVER_WEXT=y > > Given that wext is deprecated, it would imho make more sense to use > CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y instead, maybe even to leave wext disabled. > With the notable exception of ipw2100/ ipw2200, all other linux wlan > drivers weren't produced in large volumes or don't support wpa2 to > begin with; for new ones (this covers all mac80211 based ones) nl80211 > support is mandatory and there are some initial efforts to add nl80211 > to ipw2x00. This also avoids the need for deprecated wireless-tools in > favour of iw/ crda (which is required for ch11-14 anyways) - or being > able to use libnl for all configuration in netcfg. I know nothing about WPA, I've just used a udeb config file that was in an existing (out of date) patch to build a wpasupplicant udeb. In all honesty you can set this configuration to whatever you think is best. > diff -urN wpasupplicant-0.6.10.orig/debian/control > wpasupplicant-0.6.10/debian/control > [...] > +Architecture: linux-any > > wpasupplicant is needed, and compatible with-, kFreeBSD as well, at > this moment kFreeBSD doesn't support wlan for unrelated reasons > (ifconfig not being able to configure wlan interfaces, besides the open > firmware issues, while firmwares are required for most chipsets). So > ignoring hurd, it should be "any" or at least "linux-any kfreebsd-any". Wireless config is disabled in d-i for kfreebsd, so there's no reason to build wpasupplicant-udeb for those arches. However, if you're comfortable that a wpasupplicant-udeb will build correctly for those arches, it'd save changes down the line if/when kfreebsd gets d-i wireless support. > diff -urN wpasupplicant-0.6.10.orig/debian/rules > wpasupplicant-0.6.10/debian/rules > [...] > +UDEB_CFLAGS = -Wall -g -O3 > > -O3, not -Os? D'oh, typo. Yes, it should be -Os instead of -O3. > Has there been any solution for the netcfg integration already, see > <201011041811.11753....@otaku42.de> [1], referring to the originally > proposed introduction of embedded source copies of wpasuppliant's > wpa_ctrl.[hc] into netcfg. Please also keep in mind that crda/ > wireless-regdb is required for accessing channels 11-13/14 on modern > drivers. I've applied the existing WPA netcfg support patches developed by Glenn Saberton, and they do appear to include a (stripped down) wpa_ctrl.c. I have no idea what the story is with crda/wireless-regdb, as I said before, I don't know anything about WPA. If you'd like to help out, though, your knowledge would be greatly valued. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
