I've upgraded to gentoo-sources-2.6.24 yesterday, which finally implements the rt2x00pci and rt61pci in the kernel itself. The driver is working pretty well, but it seams that there is a problem with private ioctls. iwpriv wlan0 just gives "wlan0 no private ioctls." wpa_supplicant fails with: ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operatoin not supported WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1 - This makes associating with WPA-PSK TKIP APs impossible. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Upgrade to gentoo-sources-2.6.24 and compile rt61pci (as module or built in) 2.Reboot and enter iwpriv wlan0 3. Actual Results: wlan0 no private ioctls Expected Results: Listing of supportetd private ioctls Associating with APs not using encryption seems works.
(In reply to comment #0) > I've upgraded to gentoo-sources-2.6.24 yesterday, which finally implements the > rt2x00pci and rt61pci in the kernel itself. > The driver is working pretty well, but it seams that there is a problem with > private ioctls. > > iwpriv wlan0 just gives "wlan0 no private ioctls." > > wpa_supplicant fails with: > ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operatoin not supported > WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported > WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1 - > > This makes associating with WPA-PSK TKIP APs impossible. > > Reproducible: Always > > Steps to Reproduce: > 1.Upgrade to gentoo-sources-2.6.24 and compile rt61pci (as module or built in) > 2.Reboot and enter iwpriv wlan0 > 3. > > Actual Results: > wlan0 no private ioctls > > Expected Results: > Listing of supportetd private ioctls > > Associating with APs not using encryption seems works. > I imagine this driver should work with WPA, despite the lack of private ioctls. I'm not personally using the driver you refer to but, instead, the Realtek 8180/8185 PCI driver currently in development at linuxwireless.org and scheduled for inclusion in 2.6.25. The wireless git code I'm using is currently based on 2.6.24-rc8 so no difference of note. This driver does not have support for SIOCSIWAUTH either (very few of the wireless drivers do: grep /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/wireless/* for this and you will see what I mean). iwconfig also reports 'no private ioctls' for wlan0 yet it works with a WPA-TKIP: wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"XXXXXXXXXX" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:11:22:33:44:55 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B Encryption key: <deleted> [3] Link Signal level=15/65 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 You might like to check the version of wpa_supplicant you are using (I'm currently on 0.6.2 which is not in portage yet but has a useful 'debug to file' facility, but have also had success with 0.6.1). Also your config in /etc/wpa/wpa_supplicant.conf. The following scheme works for me: ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant ctrl_interface_group=0 ap_scan=1 fast_reauth=1 update_config=1 network={ priority=0 ssid="XXXXXXXX" bssid=00:11:22:33:44:55 group=TKIP mode=0 key_mgmt=WPA-PSK proto=WPA psk="<deleted>" scan_ssid=1 pairwise=CCMP }
Yep, private ioctls are not needed for WPA, since WPA isn't specific to any one wireless card :) Use the Wext wpa_supplicant protocol and everything should work fine.
Well I was able to get connected. now. Ihad to unmask wpa_supplicant-0.6.1. I am still getting messages about SIOCSIWAUTH Operation not supported, but it's working now. So I guess we could close that bug and maybe add some info in the docs or so, that iwpriv isn't working with some cards, but wpa_supplicant in the (currently masked) 0.6.1 version is working?
I think you're interpretation of iwpriv is incorrect -- it really should never be used for the kinds of things you had to use it for. Unless the docs already mention iwpriv for WPA, I don't think anything needs to be changed.
