https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477833
User AxelKoellhofer@web.de added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477833#c6
--- Comment #6 from Axel Köllhofer 2009-03-02 14:32:07 MST ---
Excellent, of course I will test the modified sysconfig-package as soon as it
is available.
BTW:
I also made a few other (cosmetic?) changes to ifup-wirless, considering the
warnings "WPA is configured but my be unsupported by this device" when using
wext with some of the new drivers, which are known to work rather flawlessly
now (mostly the mac80211-based ones).
I several fora, users were confused by this message and sometimes the
respective thread went into the wrong direction, because they took this warning
too seriously, although the real problem was located somewhere else.
If you are interested, the changes I made are very simple:
--- ifup-wireless.orig 2009-03-02 22:06:14.000000000 +0100
+++ ifup-wireless 2009-03-02 22:07:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -700,6 +700,30 @@
rt2500*)
WPA_DRIVER=wext
;;
+############################################################################################################
+########### Add a few new drivers which are known to work reliably with "wext"
#############################
+############################################################################################################
+ rt61pci|rt73usb|rt2400pci)
+ WPA_DRIVER=wext
+ ;;
+ iwlagn|iwl3945|iwl4965)
+ WPA_DRIVER=wext
+ ;;
+ zd1211rw)
+ WPA_DRIVER=wext
+ ;;
+ ath5k|ath9k)
+ WPA_DRIVER=wext
+ ;;
+ b43|b43legacy|ssb)
+ WPA_DRIVER=wext
+ ;;
+ p54pci|p54usb)
+ WPA_DRIVER=wext
+ ;;
+############################################################################################################
+########### End section of new "wext"-compatible drivers
###################################################
+############################################################################################################
*)
WPA_DRIVER=unsupported
PREFER_WPA_SUPPLICANT=no
The only section where I am not really sure is the part for the b43-drivers, as
I don't know, if ifup-wireless detects the b43(legacy) or ssb as the actual
"driver in use".
If you consider activating the "ralink"-extension in wpa_supplicant, the
following section would also make sense:
rt61|rt73)
WPA_DRIVER=ralink
;;
This will run wpa_supplicant with "-Dralink" only if one of the legacy-drivers
rt73 or rt61 is used (the only legacy-drivers supported by wpa_supplicant with
"-Dralink"), and it is known to work with ifup (AFAIK Networkmanager does only
play well with "wext", but these changes would only affect ifup anyway and if
one has to use legacy-drivers, there is no other choice than switching to "good
old ifup"), especially in cases, where the new drivers rt61pci or rt73usb (the
latter is a lot less problematic) give problems.
Another question arose when having a closer look at the "staging"-drivers now
being included in the openSUSE-Kernel:
The "old" driver for Atmel USB-adaptors seems to have changed his name:
/lib/modules/2.6.27.19-3.2-pae/kernel/drivers/staging/at76_usb/at76_usb.ko
so this rule here
at76c5*)
WPA_DRIVER=atmel
PREFER_WPA_SUPPLICANT=no
;;
will not work any more or even worse, it might give problems, as there is now
also the "new" driver "at76c50x-usb.ko" based on mac80211 (and already included
in compat-wireless) which normally should use "wext" instead of "atmel" for
wpa_supplicant.
I am not 100% sure about this, but at least it might be a potential problem.
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