[patch] Unable to associate with already associated network on ipw3945 hardware

[Reinhard Tartler]

Hey there,

This is a forward for a bug filed by Scott Robinson against the
wpasupplicant package in ubuntu. You can see the bug report here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/+bug/135442

Text follows:

> the ipw3945 driver does not send an association event in the case of a
> requested association to the already associated AP.
> 
> wpasupplicant expects this but won't request a disassociation due to
> the bssid never being filled in its internal view of the wireless
> interface.
>
> The attached patch can be placed in the debian/patches directory for
> wpasupplicant and will fill in the data structures and request a
> disassociation, thereby solving the problem.

The patch is here:

--- wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c.orig	2007-05-28 10:26:55.000000000 -0700
+++ wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c	2007-08-24 19:08:22.000000000 -0700
@@ -2107,6 +2107,11 @@
 	wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "RSN: flushing PMKID list in the driver");
 	wpa_drv_flush_pmkid(wpa_s);
 
+	/* Disassociate the interface on startup, as WPAS has presumptions
+	 * about the whole mess. */
+	wpa_supplicant_get_bssid(wpa_s, wpa_s->bssid);
+	wpa_supplicant_disassociate(wpa_s, WLAN_REASON_UNSPECIFIED);
+
 	wpa_s->prev_scan_ssid = BROADCAST_SSID_SCAN;
 	wpa_supplicant_req_scan(wpa_s, interface_count, 100000);
 	interface_count++;


Jouni, can you please comment on this? Is this patch okay for your tree?

-- 
Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4