On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:48:07 -0700
David Brownell [off-list ref] wrote:

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FWIW, I'm seeing the same thing with -rc4 and the b43 driver, so
it's probably not a regression in iwl3945. I guess it could be
something in mac80211?  

It was separately suggested that I ignore the advice about no
software needing it, and enable CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS ...
that did the trick for me.

That did the trick for me too...great!

That Kconfig helptext needs updating so it's not completely wrong.

Yeah, NetworkManager definitely counts as "any".

Haavard