On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 09:22:38AM -0700, jt wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 11:34:20AM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 00:48 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2008-08-02 at 11:14 +0100, kilroyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > Pass the ESSID to the card.
> > > >
> > > > This allows 'iwlist eth1 scan essid <essid>' to work, and will help
> > > > with routers setup not to broadcast the ESSID.
> > >
> > > That's a nice thing to have, but it doesn't seem to work on x86_64 (I
> > > didn't try other platforms). I tried wireless-tools 30.pre6 instead of
> > > 29, but it broke the output completely:
> > >
> > > # iwlist eth1 scan
> > > *** Please report to jt@xxxxxxxxxx your platform details
> > > *** and the following line :
> > > *** IW_EV_LCP_PK2_LEN = 4 ; IW_EV_POINT_PK2_LEN = 8
> > >
> > > eth1 Scan completed :
> > > Cell 01 - Address: 00:19:5B:56:FC:73
> > > ESSID:off/any/hidden
> > > Mode:Master
> > > Frequency=2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
> > > Signal level:-29 dBm Noise level:-81 dBm
> > > Encryption key:E0
> > > Extra:
> > > Cell 02 - Address: 00:15:6D:53:9A:CA
> > > ESSID:off/any/hidden
> > > Mode:Master
> > > Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
> > > Signal level:-49 dBm Noise level:-80 dBm
> > > Encryption key:E0
> > > Extra:
> > >
> > >
> > > > + if (priv->scan_mode & IW_SCAN_THIS_ESSID) {
> > >
> > > The debug output shows that the about condition is never true with
> > > either version of iwlist. The command is:
> > >
> > > iwlist eth1 scan essid foo
> >
> > That code looks right, since srq->flags is getting copied into
> > priv->scan_mode.
> >
> > Maybe the wireless-tools breakage you're experiencing is causing this to
> > fail on x86-64? Are you using 64-bit wireless-tools and a 64-bit
> > kernel, or 32-bit wireless tools with a 64-bit kernel?
> >
> > Dan
>
> I still need to look into those 64 bit issues. That's the
> reason why WT-30 is still pending. The good news is that I now have a
> 64 bit box. The bad news is work and family.
> Have fun...
>
> Jean
By the way, the breakage of iwlist scan in Wireless Tools 30
on 64 bits should be fixed in 30.pre7.
Have fun...
Jean
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