Bug 111045

Summary:	Hostap-driver now in mainline kernel: PCMCIA support still needs the configuration file
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Antti Mäkelä <zarhan>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Mobile Herd (OBSOLETE) <mobile+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://hostap.epitest.fi
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Description Antti Mäkelä 2005-10-31 11:29:32 UTC

Beginning with Linux kernel 2.6.14, hostap-driver is now part of the kernel
tree, and the old hostap-driver packages are only to be used with older kernels.

As such, the hostap-driver should probably check kernel version and if >=2.6.14
notify the user to use kernel drivers instead.

However, a potential problem arises from the fact that when using a PCMCIA card,
the module is loaded with pcmcia-cs. To work with hostap-driver, the file
/etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf that specifies the supported cards is needed to be in
system.

Until pcmcia-cs mainline adds the support, I thing Gentoo's pcmcia-cs ebuild
should be patched to include the hostap's config file in installed files now
that the hostap-driver package is no longer used.

(Alternate solution is that hostap-driver package does not install anything
besides the hostap_cs.conf if kernel >=2.6.14..)

Comment 1 Henrik Brix Andersen 2005-10-31 11:59:43 UTC

Starting with linux-2.6.13, you should use sys-apps/pcmciautils instead of
sys-apps/pcmcia-cs - and pcmciautils doesn't need those configuration files.

sys-apps/pcmciautils will be stabilized before 2.6.14 goes stable.

Comment 2 Antti Mäkelä 2005-10-31 12:11:46 UTC

Will there be a notifier in pcmcia-cs suggesting a move to pcmciautils? Thanks
for the information, this is the first time I have heard of this :)

Comment 3 Henrik Brix Andersen 2005-10-31 12:13:58 UTC

Yes, this will be added once it goes stable.