On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 16:31 -0500, Chris Siebenmann wrote: > | > Patch prevents call set_wep_key() with zero key > | > length. That fix long standing regression since commit > | > c0380693520b1a1e4f756799a0edc379378b462a "airo: clean up WEP key > | > operations". [...] > | > | What problem/regression does this actually fix? [...] > > That mentioned commit broke wireless on a Thinkpad T42 (running Fedora > 11); from that commit onwards, the wireless system appeared to see no > networks. The patch makes things work again. > > More details are in the Fedora bugzilla: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522530 You mean with iwlist? That's quite odd because setting WEP keys doesn't have anything to do with the scanning stuff, even in the firmware. Note that Airo has always been somewhat tempermental for scans and you may or may not see any or all APs in any given scan. Dan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
