Description of problem: Can't set channel if essid is empty in ad-hoc mode. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ipw2100 v0.56 How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. % iwconfig eth1 mode Ad-hoc channel 4 # can't set channel. 2. % modprobe -r ipw2100; modprobe ipw2100 mode=1 channel=4 # failed to set channel 3. iwconfig eth1 mode ad-hoc essid "abc" channel 4 # channel was set correctly. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Did this test again on RHEL40-Pre-RC2. Now the 1.0.0 2100 driver can set channel successfully in ad-hoc mode even if essid is empty. So this bug seems to have been fixed.