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| Name: wireless-tools | Distribution: SuSE Linux 9.3 (i586) |
| Version: 28pre4 | Vendor: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany |
| Release: 16.2 | Build date: Fri May 13 21:44:40 2005 |
| Group: Hardware/Other | Build host: f225.suse.de |
| Size: 653068 | Source RPM: wireless-tools-28pre4-16.2.src.rpm |
| Packager: http://www.suse.de/feedback | |
| Url: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html | |
| Summary: Tools for a wireless LAN | |
This package contain the wireless tools, used to manipulate the
wireless extensions. The wireless extension is an interface that allows
you to set wireless LAN specific parameters and get specific stats.
Authors:
--------
Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
LGPL, Unknown
internal MD5: a0d0f405d3bb2015ab1a8a5ff705820a
GPG
* Wed Apr 27 2005 - jg@suse.de
- increased firmware loading timeout as the default may not
suffice for notebooks running on battery power (bug 74526)
* Sun Mar 20 2005 - jg@suse.de
- removed zd1201 driver as it is already provided by the kernel
package now
* Wed Mar 16 2005 - jg@suse.de
- rt2500: do not reset security mode when changing default WEP key
index (bug 72339)
* Thu Mar 10 2005 - jg@suse.de
- linux-wlan-ng: install /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng* in $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
(again)
* Wed Mar 09 2005 - jg@suse.de
- linux-wlan-ng: moved unused wlan-ng scripts to docdir to serve
as examples (bug 66473)
- rt2x500: added latest fixes (bug 71674)
* Mon Mar 07 2005 - jg@suse.de
- changed firmware path from /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware to
/lib/firmware in firmware install scripts
- changed firmware path in README.firmware and LIESMICH.firmware
- updated README.wpa and LIESMICH.wpa
* Mon Feb 21 2005 - jg@suse.de
- rt2400: update to 1.2.2-beta2, changes:
* ifconfig support for spoofing MAC address
* Fix for setting of BSSID (982890)
* Fix for setting of non-existent ESSID (1034910)
* For for TX packet counters
* RFMON support
* sysfs support for HAL and NetworkManager
* Dynamic interface naming support through module parameter
- rt2500: update to 1.1.0-beta2, changes:
* kmalloc stability fixes to the MLME
* Cleanup on memory management functions (NDisFill/Move/Zero)
* Rollin of Robin Cornelius RFMon Patch
* RFMon support through iwconfig mode
* Rolling of changes in Ralink 1.4.5.0 release
* Spinlock changes for stability
* Fix for frequency values
* Fix for link quality reporting (RobinC)
* General Stability Improvements
* sysfs support for HAL and NetworkManager
* Dynamic interface naming support through module parameter
- disabled rt2400 and rt2500 drivers on SMP kernels (not yet
supported)
* Tue Feb 15 2005 - agruen@suse.de
- Install target must do a modules_install in the kernel sources.
* Tue Feb 15 2005 - ro@suse.de
- re-add install target to madwifi modules Makefile
* Mon Feb 14 2005 - jg@suse.de
- added drivers for Ralink rt2400 and rt2500 devices
- adm8211: update to release 20050208, changes:
* Change linkup timeout to 3 seconds
* Use flags in ieee80211_data structure
* Rescan if the link doesn't go up in 2 seconds
- ipw2100: update to 1.0.5, changes (shortened):
* Fixed problem with 'iwpriv eth1 reset' not working
* Removed legacy firmware loading support
* Possible fix for #problem of scans not always showing up
- ipw2200: update to 1.0.1, changes (shortened):
* iwconfig rate support
* Improved link signal quality calculation
* Added support for Intel PRO/Wireless 2225BG Network
Connection adapter
* Fixed a problem with sensitivity threshold during association
* Added iwpriv for turning forcing long preamble support
* Fixed locked BSSID reporting channel number
* Added initial support for WPA
- madwifi: update to current cvs
* Tue Feb 08 2005 - jg@suse.de
- zd1201: fixed makefile issue
* Tue Feb 08 2005 - ro@suse.de
- zd1201: do not try to install firmware during kernel build
* Mon Feb 07 2005 - jg@suse.de
- ipw2100: update to 1.0.4, changes:
* New logic to attempt to catch hung firmware (possibly caused by
bad AP frame received)
* Fixed problem with wrong arguments being passed to set_security
* Fixed problem with disassociation events not being sent to user
space when firmware is being restarted
* Fixed problem with suspend not working
* Fixed problem with stats not being usable by non iwconfig
wireless tools
- ipw2100: obsolete set-security patch removed
- ipw2200: update to 1.0.0, changes:
* Fixed part of problem with an AP never being considered for
association (storming) if the jiffies rewind problem occurs
- added driver and firmware for ZyDAS ZD1201 devices
* Fri Jan 28 2005 - jg@suse.de
- wireless-tools: update to 28pre4:
* Add option for stripping symbols on tools [Makefile]
* Add escaping of essid keyworks with -- in manpage [iwconfig.8]
* Update sensitivity description [iwconfig.8]
* Fix iw_print_timeval() for timezone [iwlib/iwevent]
* Escape interface name for --help/--version with -- [iwconfig]
* Allow --help/--version to be interface names [iwlist]
* Fix invalid sizeof for stat memcpy in easy scanning API
[iwlib.c]
* Fix my horrendous spelling [HOTPLUG.txt/PCMCIA.txt/README/*.8]
- adm8211: update to release 20050124:
* Remove bogus test for monitor mode
* Fix monitor mode opps
* Make sure we're not scanning before reporting scan results
* Use time_after in ieee80211_associated
* Remove NAPI from todo list
* Enable LLTX
- linux-wlan-ng: update to 0.2.1pre26:
* Fix the "no hardware found" bug in 2.6.10+ kenels
* Cleanups in the Makefiles and build system
* Fix a typo in the shared.prism2 script
* Fix a nice race condition on device registration.
* Don't stop the netdev when we hit ifstate_disable.
* hw->state wasn't being set properly on drvr_stop, nor were we
clearing the port status in all cases.
* Fix the "Debug: sleeping function called from invalid context"
under 2.6 with prism2_usb
* Wireless extension SCAN support
* 2.6 sysfs support in the form of SET_NETDEV_DEV
* Fix a brown-paper bag bug in the register_wlandev code
* Patch for the Sitecom WL-022 widget
* Build fix for ancient ETHTOOL versions
- ipw2200: update to 0.21:
* Provided __iomem typedef for pre-2.6.9
* Changed firmware event/error log dumping to be masked with
IPW_DL_FW_ERRORS flag.
* Fixed compilation warnings when CONFIG_IPW_DEBUG and
CONFIG_IEEE80211_DEBUG are not defined
* Fixed warning on unused return code from
pci_set_consistent_dma_mask
* Fixed problem after any resume
* Fixed problem after S4 resume
* Fixed problem with bridged networks and Ad-Hoc by adding
target MAC to station table, regardless of if they are
actual Ad-Hoc cells
* Fixed problem with setting mode immediately after load
causing failures
* Incorporated fixes to use __iomem
* Fixed support for 64-bit platforms
* Fixed problem with pci_alloc_consistent being handed a u32
instead of dma_addr_t
* Fixed problem w/ non-encrypted 802.1x authentication (driver no
longer disassociates on privacy capability change -- similar to
the behavior of ipw2100)
* Fixed problem w/ resetting nic possibly leaving status
variable bit set for a command being active.
* Fixed problem w/ scan results not providing signal and level
statistics
* Wed Jan 12 2005 - jg@suse.de
- acx100: update to bugfix release 0.2.0pre8_plus_fixes_44
- adm8211: update to release 20041227, chnages:
* Updated suspend/resume stuff for 2.6.10
* Crypto API and ARC4 now used for WEP
* EEPROM better documented
* Add more CSRs
* Fix ordering in adm8211 tx header
- ipw2200: update to 0.19, changes:
* Fixed problem with unlocking the wrong spin lock
* Restructured how the Link Quality is computed
* Restructured how the scan channel list is constructed
* Fixed problem with resume not working when coming from S3
* Fixed problems with fragmentation not working
* Fixed problem with packet latencies due to background scanning
* Fixed problem with some packets not being received due invalid
Rx filtering of BSSID
* Added SCAN watchdog to detect when scanning is not completing
- linux-wlan-ng: update to 0.2.1pre24, changes:
* Fix build on 2.6.10-rc
* Fix USB build on 2.6.x (x < 7)
* Suspend the USB driver cleanly
* Fix more USB badness
* scan_timeout WAY too long
- madwifi: build fix for kernel 2.6.10
* Wed Dec 15 2004 - jg@suse.de
- wireless-tools: update to version 28pre3, changes (shortened):
* Fix buffer memory leak in scanning [iwlib/iwlist]
* Increase scanning timeout for MadWifi
- acx100: update to bugfix release 0.2.0pre8_plus_fixes_43
- adm8211: update to release 20041111, changes (shortenend):
* Fix reauthentication after deauthentication
* Detect hidden SSID properly
* Tolerate bad beacons/probe resp from stupid APs
* Fix deauthentication handling in ieee80211 code
* Adhoc on ADM8211B and up fixed
* Fix bug in hidden SSID support
- ipw2100: update to 1.0.2, changes (shortened):
* Fixed problem with a deadlock when setting the MAC address
* Fixed Shared Key authentication to support differnet default Tx
index keys
* Fixed problem with networks showing up as <hidden>
* Fixed problem with multicast and broadcast packets being
fragmented
* Fixed Lockup/Panic/etc. on rmmod/modprobe looping
* Fixed problem with AdHoc networks not being created
* Fixed problem with adapter not shutting down on module unload
* Changed delay for the wireless event (after association)
in an attempt to correct WPA problems
* Fixed race condition during reset
* Added status, cfg, and capability sysfs entry
* Removed cardmem, txqueue, and rxqueue sysfs entries
* Fixed changing authentication mode resets the wep key
* Fixed - txpower values are inverted
* Significant changes to key management routines, especially in
regard to multiple WEP key support
* Added support for setting the TX power while in Ad-Hoc mode
* Fixed problem with WPA PSK not working
* Fixed iwconfig rts off/auto not supported
* Report firmware version via ethtool
* Fixed problem with scan results not expiring
* Added stub for dynamically disabling C3 when PCI latency problem
is detected
- ipw2200: update to 0.18, changes (shortened):
* Adjusted the behavior of ad-hoc to act much more like the
ipw2100 does. This addresses several bugs relating to the
formation/reformation of ad-hoc networks.
* Added noise statistic reporting for current association
* Fixed "associate" module parameter so that it works as the
README states
* Fixed signal strength reporting.
* Added AP roaming support (via 802.11 re-association requests)
* Fixed WEP use with ad-hoc mode
* Fixed problem with SSIDs being scrambled when hidden
networks detected
* Fixed problem with 802.11b networks being extremely slow
* Added support for multi-mode access points
* Fixed problem with link state no longer being detected by
ethtool
* Fixed bug which kept the driver from being able to use a default
crypto key other than the first or second key
* Reduced interval of scan requests
- linux-wlan-ng: updater to 0.2.1pre23, changes:
* Fix badness in 2.6.10-rc1
* Compile fix for 2.6.9-rc4+
* Add support for x86-64 (and possibly other 64-bit targets)
* Fix linkstate if driver reset without unloading
* Rename the man pages to have a .1 extension
* put a 'sleep 1' in the firmware load sequence to improve
reliability
* Add Linksys WUSB11 card ident
- madwifi: update to current cvs (2004-12-15)
- madwifi: added multiple essid support (bug 48065)
- madwifi: build and install 80211stats and athstats now
* Thu Nov 11 2004 - ro@suse.de
- fixed file list
* Thu Oct 21 2004 - jg@suse.de
- acx: changed default firmware path to /lib/firmware
* Mon Oct 18 2004 - jg@suse.de
- fixed broken adm8211 Makefile
* Mon Oct 18 2004 - jg@suse.de
- ipw2200: update to 0.12 (fixes bug 46435),
from CHANGES (slighlty shortened):
* Changed alloc_skb to use GFP_ATOMIC vs. GFP_ATOMIC| GFP_DMA
GFP_ATOMIC needs to be used as GFP_KERNEL may block,
and the call is made from the default work queue during
adapter load
* Added additional debug output during association to indicate
security parameters (to assist in connection debugging)
* Misc cleanups
* Fixed problem with setting an ESSID to a network that doesn't
exist in Managed mode
* Fixed problem with privacy capability not being compared
correctly when assessing viability of a network for association
* Added support for shared key authentication (aka 'restricted')
* Added debug level output into ieee80211* modules
* Added support for setting the TX power
* Added support for setting the fragmentation threshold
* Added PSP power management support
* Added support for suspend / resume
* Corrected support of 'iwlist ${IFNAME} bitrate'
* Corrected support of 'iwlist ${IFNAME} power'
* Fixed problem with manual disabling of RF via rf_kill sysfs
entry wasn't resulting in the card actually being disabled
* Added mode module parameter so you can start the device in
either Managed or AdHoc mode
* Modified logic for detecting hidden SSIDs to work with how
Linksys APs do it.
* Hooked in the rest of AdHoc code
* Added adhoc_create module parameter for configuring the driver
to auto create a network if you have provided the channel and
network name
* More changes to the scan logic, adding more debug output to
indicate why specific networks are chosen over others
* Added a printk() to the pci probe indicating if it detects a
2915ABG or 2200BG adapter.
* Fixed problem with setting IW_MODE to AUTO
* Fixed problem with device coming up even if manual disable
specified
* Fixed problem with udev (or anything else that parsed all
sysfs entries) with causing error log storms to the kernel log
* Fixed support for all 802.11G extended rates
* Ad-Hoc code starting to show up
* Added mode switching support
* Enhanced the iwlist scan results to (hopefully) be more clear
on various statistics.
* Added support for restricting the 802.11 mode via a iwpriv
method
* Fixed UNKNOWNSTATUS_ERROR if AdHoc beacon received while in
managed mode
* Fixed UNKNOWNSTATUS_ERROR if RF kill enabled when loading
driver
* Reworked IE parser to use an iterative loop
* Fixed stricter type checking errors
* Fix oops in ieee80211_crypt_free
* Fixed module reference counting of ieee modules
* Fixed oops if CONFIG_NETLINK enabled
* Misc. code cleanups
* Changed AP detection logic so that it only considers a probe
response to be a duplicate if both the BSSID and ESSID match
* Modified load sequence such that if the RF switch is disabled
during load it doesn't try and bring up the network
* Modified dev->open so that it doesn't start the queue unless
it is associated
* Sync'd ipw2100's ieee80211 module changes
- ipw2200: removed patches becoming obsolete due to driver update
- ipw2100: update to 0.56 (needed for ipw2200 update),
from CHANGES (shortened):
* Changed ipw2100_netdev to use netdev_priv
* Changed use of timers for RF switch check and hang check to
use deferred workqueue
* Remapped debug numbering such that lower numbers produce fewer
messages
* Fixed problem with TX Watchdog kicking in occassionally if WPA
is being used
* Fixed latest wireless tools reporting failure when using
'iwconfig ethX power on'
* Fixed problem with 802.1x not working with in configurations
where WEP was enabled
* Changed 'Corruption detected' message to 'PCI latency error
detected' to remove confusion of there possibly being disk data
corruption
* Fixed spurious interrupt problem if driver fails to load
* Fixed support for manual disable switch
* Fixed resume maintaining manual disable state
* Fixed sysfs permissions on module parameter entries
* Synchronized ieee80211 with ipw2200 v0.11
* Fixed problem with channels not being reported in scan output
* Fixed ordering of scan results to keep networks in order across
iterative probe receipts
* Fixed scan aging to be based on time vs. scan count
* Added time since last beacon received to scan output
* Pulled out 2.4 specific #ifdef/#endif blocks
* Reduced command timeout to 0.5s vs 3s
* Added command_send check to the hang_check to try and identify
hung firmware
* Thu Sep 30 2004 - jg@suse.de
- take last update back (broke ipw2200 WEP support, bug 46527)
* Wed Sep 29 2004 - jg@suse.de
- ipw2200: update to 0.9, changes:
* Fixed support for all 802.11G extended rates (bug 46435)
* Ad-Hoc code starting to show up. You can now create Ad-Hoc
networks and join with other cells. Data Tx/Rx is still in the
works.
* Added mode switching support to WX:
% iwconfig eth1 mode (managed|ad-hoc)
* Enhanced the iwlist scan results to (hopefully) be more clear
on various statistics.
* Added support for restricting the 802.11 mode via a iwpriv method.
See README.ipw2200 for more information.
* Fixed UNKNOWNSTATUS_ERROR if AdHoc beacon received while in
managed mode
* Fixed UNKNOWNSTATUS_ERROR if RF kill enabled when loading driver
* Reworked IE parser to use an iterative loop, based on Pedro
Ramalhais' original WPA port
* Fixed stricter type checking errors
* Fix oops in ieee80211_crypt_free
* Fixed module reference counting of ieee modules
* Fixed oops if CONFIG_NETLINK enabled
* Misc. code cleanups (extra casts removed, unused function warning)
* Changed AP detection logic so that it only considers a probe
response to be a duplicate if both the BSSID and ESSID match
(allowing a single BSSID to broadcast multiple ESSIDs)
* Modified load sequence such that if the RF switch is disabled
during load it doesn't try and bring up the network.
* Modified dev->open so that it doesn't start the queue unless it
is associated
- dropped obsolete patches for ipw2200
- building seperate ieee80211-modules for ipw2100 and ipw2200
as they are not compatible currently
* Wed Sep 29 2004 - jg@suse.de
- ipw2100: update to 0.55, changes:
* Fixed rmmod oops in ieee80211
* Merged in WPA code
* Fixed IPW2100_DEBUG_FW to IPW_DEBUG_FW
* Fixed suspend/resume
* Misc. code cleanups (extra casts removed, unused function
warning)
* Added filtering of corrupted 802.11 frames in rfmon mode
- building ipw2100 and ipw2200 together now (they share code,
makes building easier)
- update madwifi to current CVS (fixes WPA support)
- added README.wpa README.prism2 and German translation of REAMDEs
- added switch_prism_driver (script helping to switch drivers for
prism2 pcmcia cards)
- ipw2200: fixed compiler warnings
* Mon Sep 27 2004 - jg@suse.de
- updated README.firmware
* Tue Sep 21 2004 - jg@suse.de
- ipw2200: fixed hard freeze when radio switch is off (bug 45690)
* Mon Sep 20 2004 - jg@suse.de
- ipw2100: removed WPA patch (may cause machine freeze)
* Mon Sep 20 2004 - jg@suse.de
- ipw2200: update to 0.8, changes (shortened):
* Fixed rate reporting
* Added support for associating with 802.11a APs
* Improved quality/signal level reporting
* Misc. code cleanups
* Modified the AP selection logic to pick the AP with the
strongest signal that meets the other configured criteria
* Modified AP selection logic to discard APs whose scan age
has expired
* Added code to set the sensitivity in the firmware upon
association
* Added code to correctly seed the random number control in the
firmware
* Added code to try and correct the intermittent failure seen
sometimes while loading the driver.
* Added code to detect when enough beacons have been missed to
trigger a disassociation, and to then invoke the disassociation
- ipw2100: added WPA support, added patch to improve behaviour
on software suspend
- madwifi: update to current CVS (adds support for x86-64)
* Wed Sep 08 2004 - jg@suse.de
- ipw2200: update to 0.7, changes:
* Fixed support for associating with G-only APs (and also
supporting all of the G/B-rates in Mixed mode)
* Modified iwconfig output to report either 'unassociated' or
'ieee 802.11{band}' where band is one of a, b, or g.
* Fixed error preventing modprobe from consistently working
* Fri Sep 03 2004 - jg@suse.de
- acx100: update to 0.2.0pre8_plus_fixes_29
- adm8211: update to 20040901
- ipw2100: update to 0.54, changes (shortened):
* Test fix for spurious IRQs during firmware intialization.
* Fixed payload_size bug in fragmentation code
* Removed "IRQ ignored" message.
- ipw2200: update to 0.6, changes (shortened):
* Updated firmware interface to support new extended scan
* Added ABG PCI ids
* Added support for G data rates.
* Partial support for A data rates.
* Partial change for reporting link quality through iwconfig --
not completed.
* Misc. code cleanup
* Fixed problem with load retry logic re-allocating Rx buffers
repeatedly (skb leak)
* Fixed SWSUSP compilation dependency to CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND2
* Fix the initialization code
* Report firmware version via ethtool
* Fixed TCP session freezing problem
* Added support for non-broadcasting ESSIDs
- update wireless-tools to 27pre26, changes (shortened):
- Sett proper size on SIOCGIWSTATS requests [iwlib]
- Fix wrq.u.data.flags => wrq.u.txpower.flags [iwconfig]
- Added dry-run support (only print name chages) [ifrename]
* Tue Aug 24 2004 - ro@suse.de
- add install target to ipw2100-Makefile
* Mon Aug 23 2004 - jg@suse.de
- added rfswitch modules (for notebooks with software only radio
switch)
- acx100: update to 0.2.0pre8_plus_fixes_26
- adm8211: update to 20040821
- ipw2100: update to 0.53, changes:
* Fixed completely broken proc init/destruct code
* Fixed problem with new get_power not returning any string output
* Fixed SWSUSP2 build dependency check to CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND2
* Changed read to sys_read, etc. to fix legacy firmware
compilation problems
* Added code to remove workqueue on PCI init error path
* Added dvals, load, and unload scripts.
* Updated in-kernel patch to 2.6.8
- ipw2200: fixed kernel oops on hwscan (bug 43987)
- ipw2200: fixed sysfs device links
- madwifi: update to cvs 20040832
- madwifi: fixed compilation error on kernel 2.6.8
* Tue Aug 17 2004 - schwab@suse.de
- Fix missing declarations.
- Fix stupid casts.
* Tue Aug 17 2004 - jg@suse.de
- ipw2100: update to 0.52, changes (shortended):
* Fixed problem with NULL embedded ESSIDs being used while the
HW is not initialized.
* Fix #162 - Attempts to set power options other than ON/OFF with
'iwconfig eth1 power' now fail. Clarified power level report
out when get_power is used.
* Fixed #166 - setting more than 5 keys affects active key.
Any attempt to set a key outside the range 1-4 will result in
Invalid Argument.
* Added compilation support for having the SWSUSP patch installed
- added ipw2200 driver (supports Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 cards)
* Fri Aug 13 2004 - jg@suse.de
- ipw2100: minor compile fixes
* Fri Aug 06 2004 - jg@suse.de
- at76c503: update to 0.12beta13
- added driver adm8211 (for 802.11 ADMtek cards)
- disabled prism_cs for all drivers by default, default is now
hostap_cs
- added /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf
- madwifi: update to latest cvs (adds support for latest
Atheros 5212 based cards)
- madwifi: Makefile cleanups
* Mon Aug 02 2004 - jg@suse.de
- update ipw2100 driver to 0.51, changes (shortened):
* Fixed setting of Level to 0 when not connected; fixed problem
with waproamd not detecting when association is lost.
* Fixed problem with connection state going out of sync with
association when interface closed.
* Added 'associate' module parameter to instruct the driver if
it should auto-associate during scans. Useful when using a
user space utility for association policy.
* Added reporting of level # for iwpriv ${IF_NAME} get_powermode
* Fixed code from using default workqueue to using a custom
workqueue. This will (hopefully) fix any issues with keyboard
craziness
* Fixed TX stall with MTU at 1500 (bug 133)
* Removed av5100 and pbe5 modules from the IPW2100 project
* Removed dependency on Host AP for WEP
* Pulled all ieee80211* generic code into stand alone modules
* Started cleaning up and reworking the ieee80211_tx fragmentation
code.
* Added fix to stop network degradation after ICV mismatches
* _3 Fixed OOPS if RF switch disabled while loading the module
* _2 Added firmware restart backoff algorithm -- you should no
longer have a resource starved system if a restart storm hits.
* Set default bit rate mask to only cover valid rates
* Added ability to get/set expiration age for scans via proc
* Fixed kernel oops if queue allocation fails
* Fixed problem with using IPV6 when compiled as a module
* Added mode and channel module parameters
* Restructured the C3 corruption detection logic to be more
agressive at detection in an attempt to minimize interface
downtime due to corrupt data
* Added support for setting TX rates
* Fixed problem with interrupt conflicts during suspend/resume
and init while loading the microcode
* Fixed kernel oops and system lockups under heavy small packet
load
* Fixed support for providing custom MAC address
* Added Ad-Hoc support
- removed hostap module since ipw2100 does not depend on it anymore
- madwifi: switch to WPA branch
- update wireless-tools to 27pre25, changes:
* Easy scanning API (blocking & non-blocking) [iwlib]
* Add channel only support to iwgetid [iwgetid]
* Compile iwgetid with iwlib for above [Makefile/iwgetid]
* Fix french man pages to not use special 'oe' char [fr/*.8]
* Use hyphens instead of underscores in Debian docs [*.txt/*.7]
* Update for WE-17 (wrq.u.freq.flags, IW_QUAL_*) [all]
* Use iw_get_ext() instead of ioctl() [iwgetid]
* Retry getting scan results with larger buffer [iwlist/iwlib]
* Display wireless event capabilities [iwlist]
* Add support for relative TxPower (yick !) [iwconfig/iwlist]
* Create iw_print_txpower() [iwlib]
* Add "Set" prefix for all SET wireless events [iwevent]
* Add support for get_freq and get_essid events [iwevent]
* Reorganise iw_print_freq() => create iw_print_freq_value() [iwlib]
* Create iw_channel_to_freq() and use it [iwlib/iwconfig/iwevent]
* Fixup for WE-18 : Set scan takes an iw_point [iwlist/iwlib]
* Fixup for WE-19 : Take care of IW_EV_POINT_OFF [iwlib]
- update acx100 driver to 0.2.0pre8_plus_fixes_23
* Tue May 18 2004 - jg@suse.de
- fixed specfile (build broke without kernel-source)
* Tue May 18 2004 - jg@suse.de
- update ipw2100 driver to 0.44:
* Firmware updated
* Monitor mode support added
* Improved signal quality metric
* Changed aging of scan results such that if a beacon or response
isn't received within 3 scan's, it is not listed in scan
results
* Added support for 802.1x EAP authentication
* Fixed 'badness in local_bh_enable'
* Increased timeout for detecting the hardware coming to life
* Fixed boot time initialization failure
* Added CONFIG_IPW2100_RX_DEBUG for dumping packet contents in
the event that a WEP packet's ICV fails.
- added modified hostap-driver-0.1.3 source, so ipw2100 does not
depend on package km_hostap anymore
- rewrote most makefiles
- updated URLs in README.firmware
* Wed May 05 2004 - jg@suse.de
- fixed build problems with ipw2100 (did not find hostap-driver
source while building kernel)
* Wed May 05 2004 - jg@suse.de
- update wireless tools to 27pre22
- update ipw2100 driver to 0.42, from CHANGES (shortened):
* Test fix for WEP/SSL stalls.
* Test fix for CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK hang/oops/crash (Badness in
local_bh_enable)
* Added fix to kill hang check timer if initialization fails
* Added code to remove scan entries if a beacon has not been
received within the last 2 seconds.
* Fixed ipw2100_power_cycle_adapter to use write_register instead
of write_nic_dword
* Lots of new instrumentation to assist in tracking down problems,
most notably /proc/net/ipw2100/[if_name]/memory.
* Changed excessive retry statistics to report the number of
failures vs. just the number of retries.
- update linux-wlan-ng driver to 0.2.1pre21,
from CHANGES (shortened):
- Added in beginnings of IWSPY support
- Primary/Secondary firmware (finally) bundled with the driver.
- Convert to newer 2.6 module parameter code.
- Fix an inverted test in GIWENCODE wireless extension
- Minor script fix for SSF cards
- Fixes for SSF PCI cards
- Fix script problems that result in a failed init returning
success
- Fix an endian-ness buglet in prism2sta.c
- Fix up pci resources on card init failure on plx card.
* Tue Apr 27 2004 - jg@suse.de
- fixed typo in ipw2100 Makefile
* Mon Apr 26 2004 - jg@suse.de
- updated wireless tools to 27pre20 (minor changes, mainly
documentation updates and fixes, see CHANGELOG.h)
- updated acx100 driver to 0.2.0pre8 (lot of fixes, see ChangeLog)
- at76c503: compile fix (bug 39105)
- updated ipw2100 driver to 0.41 (introduces WEP support, lot of
changes and fixes, see CHANGES)
- update madwifi driver to current cvs
- fixed madwifi kernel badness on rmmod (bug 37352)
- improved madwifi LED control a bit
- merged patches for the different drivers
- specfile cleanup
- prevent drivers from being build in case wireless support is
disabled in kernel config
* Wed Apr 07 2004 - meissner@suse.de
- The ipw modules need to include linux/init.h because they use
__init.
* Mon Apr 05 2004 - jg@suse.de
- installing atmel.conf as /etc/pcmcia/atmel-suse.conf to prevent
conflict with atmel.conf of atmel-firmware package
* Sat Apr 03 2004 - jg@suse.de
- fixed sysfs support in linux-wlan-ng drivers (bug #37278)
- fixed sysfs support in acx100 driver
* Fri Apr 02 2004 - jg@suse.de
- fixed oops in madwifi driver (bug #37944)
- added /etc/pcmcia/atmel.conf so driver for Atmel based pc-cards
will be loaded (bug #37905)
* Wed Mar 31 2004 - jg@suse.de
- typo fix in install_intersil_firmware
* Tue Mar 30 2004 - jg@suse.de
- skip building of at76c503 when CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS is unset
(bug #37450)
* Mon Mar 29 2004 - agruen@suse.de
- Fix external kernel module build (unresolved symbols).
* Mon Mar 29 2004 - jg@suse.de
- re-added at76c503 driver (Atmel USB adapters)
- updated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 driver to 0.39 (shortened):
* Fixed suspend/resume support C3 issue
* Moved timer kill to ipw2100_down from the exit routine to stop
timers when the interface goes down
* Modified range settings for quality and level
* Added /proc/net/ipw2100/[if_name]/internals to display some
internal variables to help track issues.°
* Fri Mar 26 2004 - jg@suse.de
- updated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 driver to 0.38 (shortened):
* Added SW RF Kill switch support for Packard Bell EasyNote E5
* Fixed RSSI to DBM constant from 98 to 90
* Added patch for quality metrics in /proc/net/wireless
* Refactored the start/stop code into ipw2100_up / down, and
hooked the code into the suspend/resume code.
* Added a 2s heartbeat timer to the firmware; if the RTC
stalls then a reset is performed.
* Fixed ISR code to use a tasklet instead of scheduled work
(fixes 'hw_command_send timed out' during firmware restart)
* Added 'firmware resets' and 'firmware hangs' counters to
/proc/net/ipw2100/[if_name]/stats
* Fixed /proc/net/ipw2100 cleanup on exit
* Added initial eth_tool support for link detection
* Switched ISR code to a scheduled work item
* Fixed pci_free_consistent bug in ipw2100_msg_free
* Added dumping of status structure if payload size reported
to be greater than allowable 802_11 payload size.
* Added firmware restart on bogus payload size
- added section about Atmel cards in README.firmware
- removed prism54 driver (is now part of linux kernel)
- fixed sysfs support in madwifi
* Fri Mar 19 2004 - jg@suse.de
- updated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 driver to 0.35:
* Added wireless extension get range support
* Added /proc/net/ipw2100/[if_name]/{ordinals,hw,registers,pci}
for dumping various pieces of data.
* Code cleanup in a couple spots
* Removed max transit unit (MTU) check in isr_rx (should fix MTU
conflict some users are seeing)
* Modified code path so that if wake_up_sync is not defined,
we define wake_up_interruptible_sync to wake_up_interruptible
so that the __wake_up_sync patch is no longer needed.
* Added initial start for suspend/resume (thanks to Len Brown).
* Fri Mar 19 2004 - jg@suse.de
- removing .orig files before packaging
* Thu Mar 18 2004 - jg@suse.de
- updated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 driver to 0.34:
* ACPI C3 conflict resolved
* Added HW register and PCI configuration data dump entries to
proc/net/ipw2100/[if_name]/{hw,pci}
* Added hotplug firmware loading support
* Added interface name module parameter (if_name)
* Added port IO debug output for tracing IO to the actual
hardware (IPW2100_DEBUG_IO)
* Moved proc info into /proc/net/ipw2100 from /proc/ipw2100
* Added support for /proc/net/wireless (thanks to Luc Saillard).
- madwifi (madwifi-ibm_led.dif):
added support for WLAN LED on IBM Thinkpads
* Tue Mar 16 2004 - jg@suse.de
- fixed typo in install_intersil_firmware
- changed initial mac address to 00:00:00:00:00:00 so our tools
can identify the address as a dummy (prism54)
* Mon Mar 15 2004 - jg@suse.de
- updated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 driver to 0.32:
* Added support for toggling RF switch
* Added IPW2100_DEBUG_RF_KILL to monitor RF transitions in debug
log
* Fixed module fault on iwconfig ethX nick (thanks Radu Graeb)
* Hardware reset now supported
* Support for hardware reset in response to fatal_interrupt
* proc oops fixed (thanks to Radu Greab)
* Fixed problem with dev->mem_end being set incorrectly
* Fixed oops with accesing some iwconfig query commands while the
driver is uninitialized.
- added README.firmware
- added scripts for easy installation of Intersil PrismGT and
ACX100 firmware files
* Fri Mar 12 2004 - jg@suse.de
- added driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 card (aka Centrino)
* Wed Mar 10 2004 - jg@suse.de
- disabled all drivers for um-kernel
* Tue Mar 09 2004 - ro@suse.de
- kmakefiles: don't build for um-kernel
* Tue Mar 09 2004 - jg@suse.de
- updated madwifi driver to current cvs (fixes incompatibility
with CONFIG_REGPARM, bug #34140)
- readded accidentally removed acx100 driver
- using orinoco_cs as default driver for Netgear MA401RA (seems
to be much more reliable)
* Mon Mar 01 2004 - meissner@suse.de
- fix for lib64 platforms.
* Mon Mar 01 2004 - jg@suse.de
- update linux-wlan-ng to 0.2.1pre20:
- limited support for wireless extensions
- some driver fixes
- rewrote driver makefiles for linux-wlan-ng
- building lwepgen and keygen again (nwepgen is not very useful
for 104 bit keys)
- fixed linux-wlan-ng mkversionh script
- added acx100 driver (for Texas Instruments ACX1xx chipsets)
- update to latest prism54 cvs snapshot
- various makefile fixes
- disabled madwifi driver (crashes on init)
* Mon Feb 09 2004 - jg@suse.de
- update linux-wlan-ng to 0.2.1pre17:
- x86-64 support
- basic ethtool support
- support for Netgear MA311 PCI card
- some fixes/cleanup (see CHANGES file)
- building tools from linux-wlan-ng also for non-x86
(they are needed even so the drivers are not available)
- not building lwepgen and keygen anymore (nwepgen does
the job already)
- using /lib/modules/`uname -r`/lib instead of /usr/src/linux
for accessing kernel source in linux-wlan-ng
* Thu Feb 05 2004 - ro@suse.de
- fix filelist for non-x86
* Mon Feb 02 2004 - jg@suse.de
- update wireless-tools to version 27.pre9, changes:
o Trivial cleanups and docs updates
o Implement "iwconfig XXX txpower on" and fix "fixed" [iwconfig]
o Always properly initialise sanlen before recvfrom() [iwevent]
o Zero buffer so we don't print garbage after essid [iwgetid]
o Document that 00:00:00:00:00:00 == no association [iwconfig.8]
(From Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.eu.org>)
o Fix doc typo : ad_hoc => ad-hoc [wireless.7/DISTRIBUTIONS.txt]
- some specfile cleanups
- added /sbin binaries to filelist
* Thu Jan 29 2004 - jg@suse.de
- removed linux-wlan-ng and madwifi directories from km_wlan
filelist for ppc
* Mon Jan 26 2004 - jg@suse.de
- removed dependency on kernel-source
* Fri Jan 23 2004 - jg@suse.de
- changed kernel-source-26 to kernel-source in neededforbuild
(left over from test build)
* Fri Jan 23 2004 - jg@suse.de
- build linux-wlan-ng only on ix86
- ported linux-wlan-ng to new pcmcia cardservices interface
(needed for kernel 2.6)
- removed accidentally readded depmod command
- changed interface name of prism54 driver to wlanX
* Wed Jan 21 2004 - jg@suse.de
- removed unneeded k_deftl from neededforbuild
- added prism54 driver
- more preparations for kernel 2.6
* Thu Jan 08 2004 - jg@suse.de
- updated wireless-tools to version 27pre7 (minor fixes,
also for bug #33112)
- updated madwifi to latest cvs
- removed atmel drivers (may get added again later)
- package km_wlan should be ready for kernel 2.6
* Wed Oct 15 2003 - jg@suse.de
- updated madwifi to latest cvs version (fixes 802.11b mode
support)
* Fri Sep 12 2003 - ro@suse.de
- configure kernel-source if needed
* Mon Sep 08 2003 - agruen@suse.de
- km_wlan-HZ.diff: Adapt to dynamic-hz kernel patch.
* Fri Aug 22 2003 - jg@suse.de
- updated madwifi to latest cvs version (should fix some
transmit timeout errors)
- merged patches wireless_tools.26.dif and wireless_tools-wext.dif
* Mon Aug 18 2003 - jg@suse.de
- added genwepkey utility to generate 128bit WEP keys
* Thu Aug 14 2003 - jg@suse.de
- updated madwifi to latest cvs version (fixes possible kernel
crash on module loading)
* Mon Aug 11 2003 - jg@suse.de
- updated madwifi to version 20030802
* Fri Jul 25 2003 - jg@suse.de
- removing object files before packaging km_wlan so no
unneccesary dependencies get created
* Thu Jul 24 2003 - jg@suse.de
- removed 'depmod' call from madwifi Makefile
- merged km_atmel and km_madwifi to km_wlan
* Wed Jul 16 2003 - jg@suse.de
- update wireless tools to version 26
- update atmelwlandriver to version 2.1.2.2
- update at76c503 to version 0.10
- added madwifi driver (version 20030702)
- added /etc/pcmcia/atmel.conf to filelist
* Tue Jun 17 2003 - ro@suse.de
- added directory to filelist
* Tue Jun 03 2003 - jg@suse.de
- update atmelwlandriver to version 20030602
- update at76c503 driver to version 0.9
* Tue May 27 2003 - ro@suse.de
- add wireless.7 to filelist
* Wed Feb 26 2003 - jg@suse.de
- compiling against kernel source now which prevents a wireless
extension version mismatch
- changed group of km_atmel to Development/Sources (seems to
be more common)
* Mon Feb 24 2003 - jg@suse.de
- added lvnet from the atmelwlandriver package
- added wlan driver packages atmelwlandriver and at76c503 as
subpackage km_atmel
* Fri Jan 10 2003 - jg@suse.de
- update to version 25 (lots of changes, see CHANGELOG.h)
* Fri Jun 21 2002 - ro@suse.de
- use -fPIC to build shared lib
* Mon Feb 11 2002 - grimmer@suse.de
- update to version 23
* Split iw_check_addr_type() into two functions mac/if [iwlib]
* iw_in_addr() does appropriate iw_check_xxx itself [iwlib]
* Allow iwspy on MAC address even if IP doesn't check [iwspy]
* Allow iwconfig ap on MAC address even if IP doesn't check [iwconfig]
* Fix iwlist man page about extra commands [iwlist]
* Fix Makefile rules for library compile (more generic) [Makefile]
* Set max length for all GET request with a iw_point [various]
* Fix set IW_PRIV_TYPE_BYTE to be endian/align clean [iwpriv]
* Add '/' at the end of directories to create them [Makefile]
* Replace "cp" with "install" to get permissions proper [Makefile]
* Install Man-Pages at the proper location [Makefile]
* Add automatic header selection based on libc/kernel [iwlib.h]
* Add "commit" to force parameters on the card [iwconfig]
* Wrap ioctl() in iw_set/get_ext() wrappers [all]
* Beautify set request error messages [iwconfig]
- re-diffed patch
- added INSTALL to docu files
* Tue Dec 11 2001 - bjacke@suse.de
- add manpages and %clean
* Mon Dec 10 2001 - bjacke@suse.de
- move progs from bin to sbin
- add missing iwlist and iwgetid
- mark documentation as %doc
- update to 22
- add include and library files
* Tue Aug 21 2001 - zoz@suse.de
- update to version 21
* Improved power management support
* Transmit Power parameter
* Better Makefile, header options can be set there
* Support for GLibc2.2
* Check Wireless Extension version mismatch
* Retry settings
* Split iwspy into iwspy and iwlist
* Fri Feb 09 2001 - ro@suse.de
- fixed to compile
* Sun Dec 03 2000 - zoz@suse.de
- initial package
- xwireless omitted
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