From 9201a5781d9d76569c7a73e21c677ca4df7e8d44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ZeroBeat Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 07:09:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] since kernel 6.3 WEXT is deprecated --- changelog | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/changelog b/changelog index 2efdad5fd..4c89c15b5 100644 --- a/changelog +++ b/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +06.05.2023 +========== +Since kernel 6.3 Kernel developer decided to print a dmesg warning if tools are detected that use deprecated WEXT: + +[ 2770.939021] warning: `hcxdumptool' uses wireless extensions which will stop working for Wi-Fi 7 hardware; use nl80211 + +hcxdumptool used ioctl(SIOCGIWNAME) to detect presence of WEXT. That was the last remnant of WEXT code. +To get rid of this dmesg warning, this detection has been removed by latest commit. + + 03.05.2023 ========== hcxdumptool: changed/added several options: