Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:03:48 +0100 (CET) | From | Jiri Kosina <> | Subject | Re: iwlwifi-driver card doesn't work with 3.19-rc2+ |
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2014, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
> > I just booted current Linus' tree (5faa0154fe33) on my x200s thinkpad, and > > wifi doesn't work. iwconfig is telling me that wlan0 interface has no > > wireless extensions. > > So why do you used them? > They have been deprecated for a couple of years now. You should be > using nl80211 based tools such as iw.
My userspace wireless setup tool (wicd) is using wireless extensions, and even the most recent version uses solely that.
I am pretty sure that's not the only tool in the world.
> > Previous kernel that is known to work on this machine is 3.18-rc5. I > > can do a bisect if needed, but wanted to ask in case this is a known > > problem. > > 3.19 is the first kernel that actually removed the wireless extensions.
That's userspace breakage I am pretty sure a LOT of people will be hitting. I don't think this fits into the way we are maintaining userspace compatibility at all.
-- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs
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