Bug#364458: madwifi-source: Error on 'ifdown' and 'iwconfig mode auto'

[Kel Modderman]

Matt Brown wrote:
> Kel Modderman wrote:
>
>   
>> Ok, thanks for reporting this issue (and sorry for a late reply!).
>>
>> Could you please suggest some text for inclusion in the docs? (if not I
>> guess I could think of something :-) )
>>     
>
> I did look into this the other day just to verify that it wasn't
> anything critical. I haven't responded yet because I'm not sure whose
> fault the problem is and hence how to fix it.
>
> The message is caused by /etc/network/if-post-down.d/wireless-tools
> attempting to run iwconfig "$IFACE" mode auto which of course fails on
> madwifi as it does not allow interface mode changes.
>
> The best solution imo would be to fix madwifi so that it did allow mode
> changes, but I can't see that happening anytime soon as I understand it
> would involve rewriting half the driver.
>
> I think the best compromise would be for wireless-tools to silently hide
> (or redirect to syslog) any errors that occur when "deconfiguring" an
> interface. I've copied the wireless-tools maintainers on this mail to
> see if they have any thoughts on this approach.
>
>   

Are you referring to the "madwifi-old" or "madwifi-ng" codebase?

Thanks, Kel.