[Bug 478513] New: iwconfig wlanX nick command breaks ifup
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=478513 Summary: iwconfig wlanX nick command breaks ifup Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009012700 SUSE/3.0.6-0.1.2 Firefox/3.0.6 With the development of cfg80211 and its replacement of the old wireless extension implementation, the command "iwconfig wlanX nick blah-blah" is no longer implemented; however the following scripts still use it: /etc/sysconfig/network/scripts/ifdown-wireless /etc/sysconfig/network/scripts/ifup-wireless /etc/sysconfig/network/scripts/ifstatus-wireless When the /sbin/ifup wlan0 command is given, it returns the following command 'iwconfig wlan0 nick <host-name>' returned Error for wireless request "Set Nickname" (8B1C) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported. interface wlan0 is not up The fix is to remove the line "nick $WIRELESS_NICK" from the 3 scripts indicated above. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Configure the use of if-up for network devices. 2. Issue an ifup wlan0 command. 3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Pavol Rusnak
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--- Comment #1 from Helmut Schaa
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Marius Tomaschewski
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Helmut Schaa
I'd say we should not set WIRELESS_NICK to the hostname when it is empty; or is this required for a driver to always provide a nick?
No driver should require the nickname to be set. If one does we have to fix the driver instead ;)
Helmut, OK?
Fine with me. However, I would also agree on dropping everything related to the nickname stuff. That would make ifup-wireless slightly less complex. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #4 from Larry Finger
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--- Comment #5 from Marius Tomaschewski
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Marius Tomaschewski
If I had a vote, dropping the nickname would get it.
Well, it is maybe useless, but not invalid, so we apply it when the user explicitly sets one, but not by default (hostname) any more. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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