Bug 12727 - Drop wireless-tools and use iw
Summary: Drop wireless-tools and use iw
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: OE-Core
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: connectivity (show other bugs)
Version: 2.5
Hardware: All Multiple
: Medium+ enhancement
Target Milestone: 2.6 M2
Assignee: Alexander Kanavin
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Reported: 2018-05-02 05:04 UTC by Ross Burton
Modified: 2018-05-29 21:10 UTC (History)
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Description Ross Burton 2018-05-02 05:04:55 UTC 
wireless-tools is deprecated, iw is maintained.  We should move oe-core to use iw.
Comment 1 Alexander Kanavin 2018-05-21 02:38:25 UTC 
Research done, patch sent:
http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2018-May/150960.html