[Bugme-new] [Bug 8917] New: Wireless lan modules/stack lacks MII support

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Tue Aug 21 12:00:23 PDT 2007


http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8917

           Summary: Wireless lan modules/stack lacks MII support
           Product: Networking
           Version: 2.5
     KernelVersion: 2.6.*
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: low
          Priority: P1
         Component: Wireless
        AssignedTo: networking_wireless at kernel-bugs.osdl.org
        ReportedBy: rene at Bartschnet.de


Hi,

I don't know whether this is the right way to go for a feature request, so
please point me to the right address if I'm wrong at bugzilla of kernel.org.


A big drawback in kernel 2.6.x is the missing MII (Media Independend Interface)
support for wireless devices. Because of that it's often not possible to do
link detection on wireless lan devices (e.g. necessary for the bonding module
or fail-over setups).

So, please make it possible to query at least the link state by MII interface
in some generic way with the new 802.11 stack.

Have Phun with Linux ;-)

Rene Bartsch


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