[Voyage-linux] hostapd 0.7.3 on voyage doesn't support madiwif.

[Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa]

Resending to list.... forgot to hit "reply to all"...


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From: Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa <ildefonso.camargo at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] hostapd 0.7.3 on voyage doesn't support madiwif.
To: Punky <punkytse at gmail.com>


Hi!

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Punky <punkytse at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ildefonso,
>
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa
>> I was wondering: why hostapd 0.7.3 on voyage doesn't support madwifi?
>> Is there a particular reason?
>
> Where did you read that?

Nowhere, I just tried! It says that "madwifi" driver is not valid (or
something like that).  Reading through Debian changelogs, I now know
it was removed from Debian:

http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/h/hostapd/hostapd_0.7.3-2/changelog

On 0.7.2-2:

  * disable madwifi driver
    - remove debian/driver_madwifi
    - disable madwifi driver in debian/config/linux

 -- Jan Dittberner <jandd at debian.org>  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:09:08 +0200

Now, the thing is: the reason: what is the reason behind this? but I
guess it would be a question for Debian mailing list.  Nevertheless,
voyage 0.7.0 README file assumes madwifi support is there on the
included hostapd.conf example.

I switched to ath5k driver (from madwifi), and it looks ok.

Ildefonso.