From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:35410 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751344AbYCDOBe (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:01:34 -0500 Subject: Re: Patch for linux wireless extension From: Dan Williams To: Johannes Berg Cc: hce , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1204626369.3917.96.camel@johannes.berg> References: <95455e980803031901x67360bffsca3794f1dfde586b@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20080304_030142_484588_E01052A6) <1204626369.3917.96.camel@johannes.berg> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:58:21 -0500 Message-Id: <1204639101.7183.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> (sfid-20080304_140137_664897_86793F14) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 11:26 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > Jim, > > > I am running a wifi device on kernel 2.6.11 and wireless extension > > version 17 for an ARM processor, it works fine with an open AP and > > wpa_supplicant 0.5.8. > > That's ancient. > > > Now I would like to support WEP and WPA. I know > > the best is to upgrade to latest kernel, but I am not in the position > > to do it as various reasons. > > Upgrade anyway. > > > An alternative as people suggested is to > > do a wireless extension patch which supports WEP and WPA on kernel > > 2.6.11. Any advice if it is feasible and where can I find the wireless > > extension patch for WEP and WPA on kernel 2.6.11 please? > > Hahaha. We'll you'll have to *make* that patch and invest a > *significant* amount of time into that. Yeah; it's not just the defines and whatnot in wireless.h; you probably also want to update wireless-tools too, then you have to update your driver as well. It's not hugely complex, but it's going to be a lot of boring work :) Dan