32-bit (i386) version of wpa_supplicant-0.5.7-21.fc8 fails with a 64-bit (x86_64) kernel (in this case 2.6.24.3-22.fc8.x86_64 from koji). x86_64 version of wpa_supplicant works just fine. At the same time 32-bit wireless-tools-29-0.2.pre22.fc8.i386 (iwconfig/iwlist) works fine. I think the broken part is the wireless scanning interface, since it reports empty SSIDs and wrong frequencies in the wpa_supplicant.log when run with debug (-dd), while iwlist ath0 scan shows correct ones. Relevant log fragment from 32-bit wpa_supplicant on 64-bit kernel: State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING Starting AP scan (specific SSID) Scan SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=8): xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx Xxxxxxxx Trying to get current scan results first without requesting a new scan to speed up initial association Invalid freq in scan results (BSSID=00:00:01:00:00:0b: m=0 e=27520 ... Received 894 bytes of scan results (4 BSSes) Scan results: 4 Selecting BSS from priority group 5 0: 00:00:01:00:00:0b ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x10 skip - no WPA/RSN IE ... (Running 32-bit userspace (for compatibility) with 64-bit kernel (for extra memory and ability to run 64-bit code) isn't that unusual)
We may need David Miller's latest WEXT compat updates that will hit 2.6.27 before this gets fixed permanently. This has historically been quite icky.
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