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On Sun, 2013-03-03 at 12:45 +0100, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> The workaround is only needed when auth_type is automatic AND there is
> no WPA or RSN information element provided by cfg80211.

Does this really actually happen? Why would wpa_s select automatic when
it knows it's going to be open?

johannes