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Bug 344567 - Add or revise step CONFIG_PACKET enabled check
Summary: Add or revise step CONFIG_PACKET enabled check
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other documents (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: nm (RETIRED)
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook...
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Reported: 2010-11-07 18:48 UTC by John L. Poole
Modified: 2010-11-07 20:17 UTC (History)
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Description John L. Poole 2010-11-07 18:48:32 UTC 
The Wireless 

I suggest you make it easier for the reader by providing the test to confirm the required setting:

 # grep CONFIG_PACKET /usr/src/linux/.config
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
 #



Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1 John L. Poole 2010-11-07 18:50:31 UTC 
This concerns an "important" blurb in section 4.b "WPA Supplicant"

Important: You have to have CONFIG_PACKET enabled in your kernel for wpa_supplicant to work. 

Since this is critical, help the reader instead of assuming she knows how to make that determination.
Comment 2 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-11-07 20:17:04 UTC 
Sure, why not? Fixed in CVS.