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Re: [PATCH] remove duplicated ioctl entries in compat_ioctl.c

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On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 01:45:06PM +0900, Masakazu Mokuno wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:37:29 -0700
> Jean Tourrilhes <jt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 	Testing with SIOCGIWSTATS or SIOCGIWPRIV would narrow down to
> > only the pointer problem, and the kernel fix should work with both old
> > and new version of the Wireless Tools. It's simple to test, either you
> > are getting valid data or garbage, the only issue is that some drivers
> > may be returning garbage for those calls.
> 
> As I'm outside of the firewall of the company this week,  I'll test in
> the next week.
> 
> I think it is sufficient to see these ioctls work, using 'iwpriv
> <interface>' for SIOCGIWPRIV and 'iwconfig <interface>' for SIOCGIWSTAT.
> Is that right?

	Correct. You should check what to expect to make sure the
returned data is valid.

>  Anything to add more?
> 
> For the 'old version' of wirelesstools,  which version should I use?
> wirelesstools 28?

	Yes, v28 is great, unless John has a specific version in mind.

> regards
> 
> --
> Masakazu MOKUNO

	Jean
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