[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#573048: hostapd incompatible with 2.6.33 kernel

[David Madore]

Hi,

On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 03:17:55PM +0100, Daniel wrote:
> Starting advanced IEEE 802.11 management: hostapdioctl[SIOCGIWRANGE]:  
> Invalid argument
> ioctl[SIOCSIWRTS]: Invalid argument
> rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory
> (warning).

I've encountered the exact same errors with Linux 2.6.33.1, and solved
them by compiling the kernel with CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT=y ("cfg80211
wireless extensions compatibility").  Probably this used to be tacit
and now they've made it an option defaulting to no.  This could
arguably be better documented.

Hope this helps,

-- 
     David A. Madore
   ( http://www.madore.org/~david/ )