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Re: [PATCH v2] cfg80211: fix channel setting for wext

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On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Abhijeet Kolekar
<abhijeet.kolekar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Patch fixes the bug at
> http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2139
>
> Currently we cannot set the channel using wext extension
> if we have already associated and disconnected. As
> cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwfreq will not switch the channel if ssid is set.
> This fixes it by clearing the ssid.
> Following is the sequence which it tries to fix.
> modprobe iwlagn
> iwconfig wlan0 essid ""
> ifconfig wlan0 down
> iwconfig wlan0 chan X
>
> wext is marked as deprecate.If we use nl80211 we can easily play with
> setting the channel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kolekar <abhijeet.kolekar@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Is this a stable fix as well?

  Luis
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