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Re: [PATCH] softmac: Fix inability to associate with WEP networks, and the inability to change essid

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On Wednesday 19 September 2007 05:00:52 Larry Finger wrote:
> Commit 4cf92a3c was submitted as a fix for bug #8686 at bugzilla.kernel.org
> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8686). Unfortunately, the fix led to
> a new bug, reported by Yoshifuji Hideaki, that prevented association for WEP
> encrypted networks that use ifconfig to control the device. This patch effectively
> reverts the earlier commit and does a proper fix for bug #8686.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> John,
> 
> This fix replaces my earlier request for reversion of commit 4cf92a3c. As stated
> above, it effectively does the reversion, but it also fixes the original bug.

Looks good and might be OK. Though, I won't ack this, as I don't really
understand the statemachine. So if it works and fixes both bugs, please merge
this into mainline and (more important) into -stable.

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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