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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>,
	wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	John Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Subject: Re: Regression in 2.6.27-git from commit 43ac2ca3840f64
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:47:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48FF5933.3080501@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081022072840.GD16005@jm.kir.nu>

Jouni Malinen wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 09:01:14AM -0700, Larry Finger wrote:
> 
>> On my x86_64 system, the mainline 2.6.27-git kernel (v2.6.27-6030-g6da0b38)
>> shows the following anomaly with the 'iwlist scan' command:
>>
>>           Cell 03 - Address: 00:14:BF:85:49:FA
>>                     ESSID:"lwfdjf"
>>                     Mode:Master
>>                     Channel:1
>>                     Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
>>                     Quality=66/100  Signal level:-62 dBm  Noise level=-68 dBm
>>                     Encryption key:on
>>                     IE: Unknown: 00066C7766646A66
> 
> ...
> 
>> This problem was bisected to commit 43ac2ca3840f64f699a239535c590fa7ebaaac27,
>> entitled "mac80211: Handle scan result IEs in one block". The same bug is
>> present in the wireless-testing tree.
> 
> Problem? Bug? This is by design. What does not work for you?

When a utility starts spitting messages that it doesn't understand what the
kernel is providing _AND_ the commit message does not mention that this will
happen, can someone be blamed for thinking it is a bug?

Clearly this is not a regression. Are there plans to update the wireless utilities?

Larry

  reply	other threads:[~2008-10-22 16:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-21 16:01 Regression in 2.6.27-git from commit 43ac2ca3840f64 Larry Finger
2008-10-21 21:30 ` Johannes Berg
2008-10-22  2:34   ` Larry Finger
2008-10-22  7:23     ` Johannes Berg
2008-10-21 21:37 ` John W. Linville
2008-10-22  2:45   ` Larry Finger
2008-10-22  7:28 ` Jouni Malinen
2008-10-22 16:47   ` Larry Finger [this message]
2008-10-22 17:04     ` Jouni Malinen
2008-10-22 17:06     ` Johannes Berg
2008-10-22 17:37       ` Jean Tourrilhes
2008-10-22 17:46         ` Johannes Berg
2008-10-22 18:00           ` Jean Tourrilhes

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