Bug 112583

Summary:	HostAP inclusion
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Val Schmidt <vschmidt>
Component:	pcmcia-cs	Assignee:	Dave Jones <davej>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	rawhide	CC:	pfrields
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Description Val Schmidt 2003-12-23 16:46:14 UTC

Description of problem:
An Enhancement Request: 
I'd like to see the HostAP pcmcia/wireless modules be optionally 
included and maintained in the standard Fedora distribution.  A few 
people have compiled the kernal mods against RedHat 8 and 9 without 
error.  Considering the ubiquitous nature of wireless networking, it 
would be wonderful to include this as a standard part of Fedora Core.
See http://hostap.epitest.fi/ for more information.

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Comment 1 Dave Jones 2004-11-19 03:28:40 UTC

work is ongoing to improve the in-kernel wireless drivers.
Fedora will continue to use these.

Comment 2 Val Schmidt 2004-11-19 14:06:53 UTC

Dave, can you (or someone else) comment on this on-going work or point to further 
information? Is AP functionality being implemented any time soon? Will wds links be 
supported?

Comment 3 Alan Cox 2005-09-01 15:47:41 UTC

Take a look at the 2.6.13-mm kernel and you'll get a good picture where the
wireless stuff is at right now.