Re: ifcfg-rh and wpa_supplicant

[Oncaphillis <oncaphillis snafu de>]

On 05/19/2012 03:43 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-05-18 at 23:39 +0200, Oncaphillis wrote:
> > On 05/18/2012 11:23 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 09:58 +0200, Oncaphillis wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > >     I'm using Fedora16 and I'm trying to set up NetworkManager to connect
> > > > to a wlan on startup via /etc/sysconfig/network-scrip/ifcfg-wlan0 or
> > > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scrip/ifcfg-<ESSID>.  It seems the settings in
> > > > /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant are ignored if wpa_supplicant is managed
> > > > by the NetworkManager,but I don't see any option to pass the -D<driver>
> > > > option to wpa_supplicant.
> > >
> > > Correct, the settings in /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant can be harmful
> > > when NetworkManager is used, because NetworkManager figures out whether
> > > to use the wext, nl80211, or wired driver as appropriate.  What's the
> > > reason you want to use a specific supplicant driver?
> > >
> > > Dan
> >
> > Simply the observation that wpa_supplicant fails to associate when
> > not using -Dwext
>
> What wifi kernel driver?
<snip>
04:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless 
Network Adapter (PC
        Subsystem: Device 1a3b:1067
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        Memory at febf0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Count=1 Masked-
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
        Kernel driver in use: ath9k
        Kernel modules: ath9k
</snip>
I got the source rpm at hand. If someone points me to the position
where the correct driver gets determined I can patch it.
> Dan