Bug 119337

Summary:	Patch for ipw2200 in gentoo-sources-2.4.15 to allow monitor mode
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Dave Shanker <dshanker>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Mobile Herd (OBSOLETE) <mobile+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	trivial
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.ipw2100.devel/6883
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Description Dave Shanker 2006-01-17 14:21:07 UTC

While monitor functionality is present in the ipw2200 driver since 2.4.15, Kconfig does not contain the option to allow you to enable it. This patch fixes that. As it's a simple configuration change can we include it the gentoo-sources until it's included upstream?

It's based on an email I saw from James Ketrenos <jketreno <at> linux.intel.com> (His patch was for the 2100).

Comment 1 Henrik Brix Andersen 2006-01-17 16:05:22 UTC

Monitor mode in ipw2200-1.0.8 (which is what is present in linux-2.6.15) is partly broken due to bugs in firmware version 2.4, and should thus not be enabled.

Should you wish to use monitor mode, please use the external ebuilds.