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From: Alexander Sack <asac@ubuntu.com>
To: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Cc: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>,
	"hostap@lists.shmoo.com" <hostap@lists.shmoo.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	networkmanager-list <networkmanager-list@gnome.org>
Subject: Re: Incorrect signal levels reported using wpa_supplicant's driver_nl80211
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:50:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091109125016.GK1579@jwsdot.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1257190833.1027.4.camel@localhost.localdomain>

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 11:40:33AM -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 03:50 +0200, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > Sorry for cross-posting, but this issue really spans all three systems.
> > 
> > I anylized why I get 100% quality on all access points except currently
> > connected, when I used driver_nl80211 of wpa_supplcant.
> > 
> > First, when NetworkManager plans to switch to this driver?
> 
> Soon.  We've got some patches for this, but we'll also need tons of
> testing.  The WEXT stuff is pretty baked while nl80211 is still under
> some flux.  But of course the only way we bake nl80211 is by switching
> to it...

iirc, we currently we hardcode wext in NM code. How about adding a keyfile
config that users could use to switch to nl80211 until we feel confident
that it's good enough for everyone?

 - Alexander


  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-11-09 12:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-31  1:50 Incorrect signal levels reported using wpa_supplicant's driver_nl80211 Maxim Levitsky
2009-11-02 19:40 ` Dan Williams
2009-11-02 23:07   ` Maxim Levitsky
2009-11-03  0:53     ` Dan Williams
2009-11-03  8:06   ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-09 12:50   ` Alexander Sack [this message]
2009-11-09 12:54     ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-09 13:09       ` Marcel Holtmann
2009-11-10  6:27         ` Dan Williams
2009-11-10  8:41           ` Marcel Holtmann

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