Distributions? Using deprecated APIs? That's unpossible! :-) Adrian 2011/8/18 Pavel Ivanov <paivanof@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Iwconfig and iwlist are themselves deprecated. Iw is the new wireless >> configuration tool. > > I've just tried to use iw and it didn't quite work for me. Maybe it's > interfering with something installed in Ubuntu by default but > connect/disconnect commands didn't seem to do anything. And why these > commands can be executed only as root? > Well, maybe in Ubuntu 11.10 it will work better. > > > Pavel > > > 2011/8/17 Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx>: >> 2011/8/17 Pavel Ivanov <paivanof@xxxxxxxxx>: >>>> WIRELESS_EXT is not required for configuring wireless on recent >>>> kernels - in fact, the WEXT API is deprecated in favor of nl80211 now. >>> >>> Since what version it's deprecated? Do user-space tools know about this new API? >>> >>> Neither iwconfig nor iwlist worked for me without WIRELESS_EXT. >>> >>> >>> Pavel >>> >> >> Iwconfig and iwlist are themselves deprecated. Iw is the new wireless >> configuration tool. >> >>> >>> 2011/8/17 Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx>: >>>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Pavel Ivanov <paivanof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> When ath9k is the only wireless driver included in the build >>>>> WIRELESS_EXT configuration option becomes undefined. Because of that >>>>> driver becomes essentially unusable as you can't actually connect to >>>>> any WiFi network. By including WIRELESS_EXT into Kconfig we ensure >>>>> that build with ath9k and without other drivers (having WIRELESS_EXT >>>>> selected in their Kconfig) is actually usable. >>>> >>>> WIRELESS_EXT is not required for configuring wireless on recent >>>> kernels - in fact, the WEXT API is deprecated in favor of nl80211 now. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Pavel Ivanov <paivanof@xxxxxxxxx> >>>>> --- >>>>> >>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig >>>>> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig >>>>> index d9c08c6..2573f77 100644 >>>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig >>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig >>>>> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config ATH9K >>>>> select LEDS_CLASS >>>>> select NEW_LEDS >>>>> select ATH9K_COMMON >>>>> + select WIRELESS_EXT >>>>> ---help--- >>>>> This module adds support for wireless adapters based on >>>>> Atheros IEEE 802.11n AR5008, AR9001 and AR9002 family > -- > 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 > -- 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
