Subject: Re: wpa_supplicant endian issue
To: Sean Boudreau <seanb@qnx.com>
From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 04/26/2007 09:11:03
Sean Boudreau wrote:
> 
> Hi:
> 
> I was unable to get authenticated on a big endian
> machine.  Turns out the receive sequence counter
> is little endian on the wire.  Are there any objections
> to the following before I commit?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -seanb
> 
> 
> Index: driver_netbsd.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/src/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_supplicant/driver_netbsd.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.1
> diff -c -r1.1 driver_netbsd.c
> *** driver_netbsd.c	1 Oct 2005 18:50:12 -0000	1.1
> --- driver_netbsd.c	25 Apr 2007 13:04:55 -0000
> ***************
> *** 341,346 ****
> --- 341,347 ----
>   		wk.ik_keyix = IEEE80211_KEYIX_NONE;
>   	wk.ik_keylen = key_len;
>   	memcpy(&wk.ik_keyrsc, seq, seq_len);
> + 	wk.ik_keyrsc = le64toh(wk.ik_keyrsc);
>   	memcpy(wk.ik_keydata, key, key_len);
>   
>   	return set80211var(drv, IEEE80211_IOC_WPAKEY, &wk, sizeof(wk));
> 
> 

This should not be needed.  What driver is being used?

	Sam