Driver-update: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 1.2.0

In een Sourceforge-project werken een aantal ontwikkelaars samen met Intel aan Linux-drivers voor de Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 en de Intel PRO/Wireless 2915, twee netwerkkaarten die in Centrino-laptops zijn te vinden. De drivers werken op Linux met kernelversie 2.6.8 of hoger en vereisen de Wireless Tools for Linux. Versie 1.2.0 is sinds kort beschikbaar met de volgende aanpassingen sinds de vorige vermelding in de meuktracker:

Version 1.2.0:

• Add IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TSFT for promiscuous mode
• Fix make patch_kernel problem

Version 1.1.4:

• Enable wireless extension passive scan (thanks to Thomas King)
• Fix deadlock detected by lockdep
• Add pci .shutdown handler
• Fix kernel Oops if cmdlog debug is enabled
• mark "iwconfig retry 255" as invalid
• remove the MAC timestamp present field from radiotap head
• Fix ipw2200 QOS parameters endian issue
• remove unused struct ipw_rx_buffer
• Reassociate even if set the same essid (thanks to Bill Moss)
• ipw_wx_set_essid fix (thanks to Bill Moss)
• SIOCGIWFREQ ioctl returns frequency rather than channel (thanks to Ingo van Lil)
• always enable frequently used debugging code

Version 1.1.3:

• Add kernel 2.6.8 compatibility support patches
• Replace bash-specific constructions for verify_wifi_hw script
• Make Makefile deal better with CONFIG_* definitions
• Remove KSRC_OUTPUT checking for compiling external modules
• Always enable frequently used debugging code
• SIOCGIWFREQ ioctl returns frequency rather than channel (thanks to Ingo van Lil)
• ipw_wx_set_essid fix (thanks to Bill Moss)
• Reassociate even if set the same essid (thanks to Bill Moss)
• Remove unused struct ipw_rx_buffer
• Fix a possible SMP deadlock bug found by lockdep
• Fix QoS parameters big endian issue (thanks to Jackie Wu)