From: "Arend van Spriel" <arend@broadcom.com>
To: "Johannes Berg" <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/13] brcmfmac: only do auth_type workaround when no WPA or RSN IE is provided
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 20:47:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5133A8D2.9090100@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1362331252.8226.2.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net>
On 03/03/13 18:20, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 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?
>
Hi Johannes,
You are right and it does not happen with wpa_s. However, it does
'actually really happen' :-) when using iw to connect to an unsecure AP.
Regards,
Arend
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-03 19:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-03 11:45 [PATCH 00/13] brcm80211: cleanup and rework changes Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 11:45 ` [PATCH 01/13] brcmsmac: radio on led support Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 11:45 ` [PATCH 02/13] brcmfmac: introduce tracepoints for message logging Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 11:45 ` [PATCH 03/13] brcmfmac: make debug module parameter more clear Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 11:45 ` [PATCH 04/13] brcmfmac: cleanup module information macros Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 11:45 ` [PATCH 05/13] brcmfmac: only do auth_type workaround when no WPA or RSN IE is provided Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 17:20 ` Johannes Berg
2013-03-03 19:47 ` Arend van Spriel [this message]
2013-03-03 20:35 ` Johannes Berg
2013-03-04 8:29 ` Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 11:45 ` [PATCH 06/13] brcmfmac: remove null-pointer check in .sched_scan_start() callback Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 11:45 ` [PATCH 07/13] brcmfmac: increase required skbuff headroom for firmware signalling Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 11:45 ` [PATCH 08/13] brcmutil: add macros for setting bitfields using mask/shift operations Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 11:45 ` [PATCH 09/13] brcmfmac: add support for TLV based firmware signalling Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 11:45 ` [PATCH 10/13] brcmfmac: release transmit packet in brcmf_txcomplete() Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 11:45 ` [PATCH 11/13] brcmfmac: assure brcmf_txcomplete() is called in failure paths Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 11:45 ` [PATCH 12/13] brcmutil: add dequeue function with filtering Arend van Spriel
2013-03-03 11:45 ` [PATCH 13/13] brcmfmac: add parameter to brcmf_proto_hdrpush() for data offset Arend van Spriel
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