Accumulative patch from commit b57b560034f1bb1ad3a3892228940dde97323c0e
b57b560 wpa_supplicant: Default to nl80211 instead of wext
ee28f08 hostapd: Add more messages for error paths
61d2ce2 hostapd: Reject configuration file without interface parameter
a8a7890 Clear extra_blacklist_count on FLUSH command
c646862 WPS ER: Allow UPnP interface to be forced
728d971 Use status code 17 (unable to handle new STA) on max-STA limitation
5e24dc8 Add dup_binstr() to help common binary string tasks
8b44ad7 Use os_zalloc() instead of os_malloc() + os_memset()
2c48211 FT RRB: Validate os_malloc() return value before using it
7ca902b Make vlan_file optional if dynamic_vlan is used
bdb112d Add bitfield routines
04382f7 NFC: Add no waiting and no multiple operations options for scripts
fe90496 WPS: Fix AP auto configuration on config token generation
28fcfb6 NFC: Increase wpa_cli command buffer size
8f7a6dd WPS NFC: Allow Device Password ID override for selected registrar
aaecb69 WPS: Use generic MAC Address attribute builder
9ccd916 P2P: Clean up channel--frequency conversion functions
e864c0a Use a common frequency to channel conversion function
02db75b FT: Reset FT flag upon STA deauthentication
7800d45 P2P: Set P2P_DEV_PEER_WAITING_RESPONSE from TX status callback
d78d3c6 EAP peer: Add check before calling getSessionId method
dd57970 Disable network temporarily on repeated connection failures
Change-Id: If8078d5c1ff40ea806e844543cf6f2bf9d24b7ac
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@google.com>
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/README b/wpa_supplicant/README
index d84e61e..f439632 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/README
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/README
@@ -115,13 +115,15 @@
- NetBSD-current
- Microsoft Windows with WinPcap (at least WinXP, may work with other versions)
- drivers:
- Linux drivers that support WPA/WPA2 configuration with the generic
- Linux wireless extensions (WE-18 or newer). Even though there are
+ Linux drivers that support cfg80211/nl80211. Even though there are
number of driver specific interface included in wpa_supplicant, please
- note that Linux drivers are moving to use generic wireless extensions
- and driver_wext (-Dwext on wpa_supplicant command line) should be the
- default option to start with before falling back to driver specific
- interface.
+ note that Linux drivers are moving to use generic wireless configuration
+ interface driver_nl80211 (-Dnl80211 on wpa_supplicant command line)
+ should be the default option to start with before falling back to driver
+ specific interface.
+
+ Linux drivers that support WPA/WPA2 configuration with the generic
+ Linux wireless extensions (WE-18 or newer). Obsoleted by nl80211.
In theory, any driver that supports Linux wireless extensions can be
used with IEEE 802.1X (i.e., not WPA) when using ap_scan=0 option in
@@ -436,6 +438,7 @@
-N = start describing new interface
drivers:
+ nl80211 = Linux nl80211/cfg80211
wext = Linux wireless extensions (generic)
wired = wpa_supplicant wired Ethernet driver
roboswitch = wpa_supplicant Broadcom switch driver
@@ -477,7 +480,7 @@
interface needs to be configured to wpa_supplicant in addition to the
main interface:
-wpa_supplicant -cw.conf -Dwext -iwlan0 -bbr0
+wpa_supplicant -cw.conf -Dnl80211 -iwlan0 -bbr0
Configuration file
@@ -869,10 +872,10 @@
# Start wpa_supplicant in the background
wpa_supplicant -g/var/run/wpa_supplicant-global -B
-# Add a new interface (wlan0, no configuration file, driver=wext, and
+# Add a new interface (wlan0, no configuration file, driver=nl80211, and
# enable control interface)
wpa_cli -g/var/run/wpa_supplicant-global interface_add wlan0 \
- "" wext /var/run/wpa_supplicant
+ "" nl80211 /var/run/wpa_supplicant
# Configure a network using the newly added network interface:
wpa_cli -iwlan0 add_network
@@ -933,7 +936,7 @@
chmod 0750 /var/run/wpa_priv
- start wpa_priv as root (e.g., from system startup scripts) with the
enabled interfaces configured on the command line:
- wpa_priv -B -P /var/run/wpa_priv.pid wext:ath0
+ wpa_priv -B -P /var/run/wpa_priv.pid nl80211:wlan0
- run wpa_supplicant as non-root with a user that is in wpapriv group:
wpa_supplicant -i ath0 -c wpa_supplicant.conf