Dolda2000
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Joined: 05 Mar 2004
Posts: 37
Location: Täby, Sweden
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 Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject: Spectrum-cs and the iwconfig net module |
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Hi all!
I'm using an Intel PRO/Wireless 2011B card. Some of you may know that this card is a bit... "special", in that it is one of the few Prism-based cards (that I've ever encountered, at least) to require a firmware download upon plugin. It does work with the latest driver from http://orinoco.sf.net/, though (although it requires some source excavation to work with the latest kernel, but that's another story).
Anyhow, the consensus is that the card works perfectly by itself, but not exactly perfectly when I'm trying to use it with the iwconfig net module from the new baselayout (btw., thank you, Gentoo devs, for the new baselayout -- it's wonderful!). The thing is, this driver requires the interface to be up before scanning for APs, but the iwconfig module tries to scan while it's still down. I "solved" it by adding the following line to /lib/rcscripts/net.modules.d/iwconfig:
| Code: | veinfo "Scanning for access points"
Added-> LANG=C /sbin/ip link set ${iface} up
# Sleep if required
eval x=\"\$\{sleep_scan_${ifvar}\}\"
[[ -n ${x} ]] && sleep ${x}
local scan=$( iwlist ${iface} scanning 2>/dev/null )
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That feels quite ugly, however. Not least since it's going to disappear the next time I upgrade baselayout (right?), but also since upping the interface doesn't really seem to belong in the iwconfig module. Is there another, canonical way to fix this? For reference, here's my /etc/conf.d/net:
| Code: | modules=(iproute2 iwconfig)
config_eth0=(dhcp)
preferred_aps=(101 default)
key_101="[1] $(cat /etc/wep/key-101) [1] enc open"
key_default="[1] $(cat /etc/wep/key-default) [1] enc open"
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