[Nix-dev] [***SPAM***] EeePC wireless interface no longer recognized by iwconfig

[Michael Raskin]

>after updating to a recent 3.7.8 kernel, my EeePC's wireless interface
>is no longer recognized iwconfig and friends:
>
>  $ iwconfig wlp1s0
>  wlp1s0    no wireless extensions.
>
>  $ iwlist wlp1s0 scanning
>  wlp1s0    Interface doesn't support scanning.
>
>wpa-supplicant, on the other hand, works just fine, so clearly the
>device is still properly supported.
>
>Does anyone know how to remedy that issue?

iwconfig is deprecated on Linux, use of iw is advised by Linux wireless 
developers.

I haven't checked what kernel config options would make iwconfig work 
for a couple more kernel versions.