Re: [PATCH v2] cfg80211: fix channel setting for wext

[Abhijeet Kolekar <abhijeet.kolekar@intel.com>]

On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 10:04 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Abhijeet Kolekar
> <abhijeet.kolekar@intel.com> wrote:
> > Patch fixes the bug at
> > http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2139
> >
> > Currently we cannot set the channel using wext extension
> > if we have already associated and disconnected. As
> > cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwfreq will not switch the channel if ssid is set.
> > This fixes it by clearing the ssid.
> > Following is the sequence which it tries to fix.
> > modprobe iwlagn
> > iwconfig wlan0 essid ""
> > ifconfig wlan0 down
> > iwconfig wlan0 chan X
> >
> > wext is marked as deprecate.If we use nl80211 we can easily play with
> > setting the channel.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kolekar <abhijeet.kolekar@intel.com>
> > Acked-by: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
> 
> Is this a stable fix as well?
> 
Yes it can be a candidate for stable. I will resubmit.

Thanks
Abhijeet
>   Luis