Bug 5800 - /sys/class/net/<device name>/wireless directory is gone
Summary: /sys/class/net/<device name>/wireless directory is gone
Status: RESOLVED CODE_FIX
Alias: None
Product: Drivers
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Network (show other bugs)
Hardware: i386 Linux
: P2 high
Assignee: Jeff Garzik
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Reported: 2005-12-30 08:39 UTC by Ismail D
Modified: 2006-01-08 17:22 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Kernel Version: 2.6.15-rc7
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Description Ismail D 2005-12-30 08:39:31 UTC 
Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.14  
Distribution: Pardus Linux  
Problem Description:  /sys/class/net/<device name>/wireless is no longer created 
with 2.6.15-rcX kernels where as this directory contained many wireless related 
information for the device in 2.6.14 kernels. This change results in breake of many 
userspace programs & scripts. 
  
Steps to reproduce:  Install 2.6.15-rcX kernel and see /sys/class/net/wlan0/wireless 
no longer exists where wlan0 is your device name.
Comment 1 Ismail D 2005-12-30 10:33:51 UTC 
Change kernel version to -rc7, just tested now and the directory is gone.
Comment 2 Diego Calleja 2005-12-30 13:07:03 UTC 
What wireless card are you using?
Comment 3 Ismail D 2005-12-30 13:10:05 UTC 
Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Comment 4 Diego Calleja 2006-01-02 08:04:10 UTC 
I saw you got a fix in netdev :) (please close this bug when it's merged so it
doesn't keeps open forever)
Comment 5 Ismail D 2006-01-02 08:15:31 UTC 
I will as soon as its merged :)
Comment 6 Ismail D 2006-01-07 13:46:07 UTC 
Andrey told me this in 2.6.15-mm2 so its up to Andrew to push this to Linus now.
CC'ing Andrew and closing this bug.
Comment 7 Andrew Morton 2006-01-07 15:20:10 UTC 
Could you please test 2.6.15-mm2?  There's one report of wpa_supplicant
failing and perhaps it's due to this.
Comment 8 Ismail D 2006-01-07 15:39:05 UTC 
Sure I will test & report tomorrow.
Comment 9 Ismail D 2006-01-08 17:22:50 UTC 
Tried with 2.6.15-mm2 and this bug is fixed. Closing, thanks.
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