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Re: Roaming with libertas and wpa_supplicant not working

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>> > > > > > Hi,
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > We are having a problem with a custom device which uses the
>> > > > > > libertas wifi
>> > > > > > driver (on kernel 3.4.24) together with wpa_supplicant (0.7.3).
>> > > > > > More
>> > > > > > specifically, whenever wpa_supplicant attempts to roam to a
>> > > > > > different access
>> > > > > > point it gets a EALREADY error.
>
> May I ask why you use *that* old wpa_supplicant?
>
Our user-space is Ubuntu 12.04 (plus some of our own bits), which uses
that version. Do you think this is fixed in a newer version of
wpa_supplicant?

>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > I have tracked down the problem to this check in sme.c:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >         if (wdev->sme_state != CFG80211_SME_IDLE)
>> > > > > >                 return -EALREADY;
>> > > > >
>> > > > > This no longer exists - please try a newer kernel.
>> Yes, I saw that it was removed/rewritten in 3.11. However, that is
>> quite a jump in kernel versions for us at this point, so we will
>> probably prefer to patch the 3.4 series.
>>
>
> I would suggest using backports (formerly known as compat-wireless) in that
> case.
That could be a solution as well, thanks for the suggestion.
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