messages in /var/log/messages when inserting the pc card and "iwpriv"

Ajeet Nankani fromkth at fastmail.fm
Sun Jan 9 16:32:47 EST 2005


Hi,

I have ASUS WL-100(prism 2.5 based) pcmcia 802.11b WLAN card and
HostAP-driver(0.2.6) and HpstAP-utilities(0.2.6) installed on RedHat
FC3.
When i insert this WLAN card in my laptop following two messages are
displayed,
besides others, in /var/log/mesages

Jan  9 21:45:34 localhost wait_for_sysfs[4297]: either wait_for_sysfs
(udev 039) needs an update to handle the device '/class/net/wifi0'
properly (no device symlink) or the sysfs-support of your device's
driver needs to be fixed, please report to
<linux-hotplug-devel at lists.sourceforge.net>
Jan  9 21:45:34 localhost wait_for_sysfs[4299]: either wait_for_sysfs
(udev 039) needs an update to handle the device '/class/net/wlan0'
properly (no device symlink) or the sysfs-support of your device's
driver needs to be fixed, please report to
<linux-hotplug-devel at lists.sourceforge.net>

Even though card works perfectly, but i don't understand above messages.
Can anybody explain what above messages are?

Also whenever i use "iwpriv" with any option, following messages are
show in /var/log/mesages

Jan  9 22:24:56 localhost kernel: wifi0 (WE) : Buffer for request
SIOCGIWPRIV too small (16<88)
Jan  9 22:24:56 localhost kernel: wifi0 (WE) : Buffer for request
SIOCGIWPRIV too small (32<88)
Jan  9 22:24:56 localhost kernel: wifi0 (WE) : Buffer for request
SIOCGIWPRIV too small (64<88)

but the command "iwpriv" works as it should means gives the desired
output. So i am also wondering what
these messages are about.

Any feedback is appreciated

-ajeet.
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  Ajeet Nankani
  fromkth at fastmail.fm




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