iwconfig complaining about wireless extension version

[Brent Vukmer]

I've emerged the unstable version of wireless-tools.  Do I need to
update to the unstable version of the kernel source?  (Does "Wireless
Extension" come with the wireless-tools package or with the kernel
source?)

vux ~ # iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device wifi0 recommend version 18 of Wireless Extension,
but has been compiled with version 17, therefore some driver features
may not be available...

wifi0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"test"
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.422 GHz  Access Point: 00:02:6F:36:A9:D4
          Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=65534 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"test"
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.422 GHz  Access Point: 00:02:6F:36:A9:D4
          Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=65534 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

vux ~ # iwconfig -v
iwconfig  Wireless-Tools version 28
          Compatible with Wireless Extension v11 to v18.

Kernel    Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v17.

wifi0     Recommend Wireless Extension v18 or later,
          Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v17.

wlan0     Recommend Wireless Extension v18 or later,
          Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v17.


Thanks,
Brent