Bug 499052 – please add net-wireless/iw to minimal install cd isos

• Product: Gentoo Release Media
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Ben Kohler 2014-01-23 15:16:52 UTC]

The kernel wireless extensions (wext) are being replaced [1] by nl80211/cfg80211 and net-wireless/iw takes the place of net-wireless/wireless-tools.  I think we are still a ways off from wanting to remove wireless-tools, but I believe iw should be added now so we can start using that in docs/support/etc.

I'm hoping we can soon get to a point where we don't have to tell users "the minimal iso doesn't have much wifi support, try <insert 3rd party cd here> instead."

Thanks!

[1] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/cfg80211

[Comment 1 Fernando (likewhoa) 2014-01-23 16:48:15 UTC]

> I'm hoping we can soon get to a point where we don't have to tell users "the
> minimal iso doesn't have much wifi support, try <insert 3rd party cd here>
> instead."
> 

Amen to that

[Comment 2 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) 2014-04-16 14:58:06 UTC]

Rick,

this doesn't depend on stage3.

[Comment 3 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) 2014-04-16 15:23:43 UTC]

Whoops, sorry about that, I was reading this in the wrong frame of mind.

Can we just add this to the spec and close the bug? I see no reason not to.

[Comment 4 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) 2014-06-22 02:56:31 UTC]

02:53 < irker316> proj/releng: jmbsvicetto releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/ releases/weekly/specs/x86/ releases/weekly/specs/x86/hardened/ releases/weekly/specs/amd64/: Signed-off-by: Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) <jmbsvicetto <AT> gentoo.org>

[Comment 5 Ben Kohler 2014-08-01 14:33:29 UTC]

This is in recent minimal isos now, thanks, closing