diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/.footprint b/wpa_supplicant/.footprint
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+++ b/wpa_supplicant/.footprint
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+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/
+-rw-------	root/root	etc/wpa.conf
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/sbin/
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/sbin/wpa_cli
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/sbin/wpa_passphrase
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/.md5sum b/wpa_supplicant/.md5sum
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+765d6c70d75e88cd4dc010fa6b52c45f  wpa_supplicant-0.4.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/Pkgfile b/wpa_supplicant/Pkgfile
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+# Description: User space IEEE 802.1X/WPA supplicant (wireless client) 
+# URL:         http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/
+# Maintainer:  Jürgen Daubert, juergen dot daubert at t-online dot de
+# Depends on:  openssl
+
+name=wpa_supplicant
+version=0.4.8
+release=3
+source=(http://hostap.epitest.fi/releases/$name-$version.tar.gz)
+
+build () {
+    cd $name-$version
+    cp defconfig .config
+    echo "CONFIG_READLINE=y" >> .config
+    make
+    install -d $PKG/{usr/sbin,etc}
+    install wpa_{cli,passphrase,supplicant} $PKG/usr/sbin
+    echo -e "ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant\n" > $PKG/etc/wpa.conf
+    chmod 0600 $PKG/etc/wpa.conf
+}
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/README b/wpa_supplicant/README
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+README for wpa_supplicant
+
+
+REQUIREMENTS
+
+Kernel driver for your wireless card, e.g. ndiswrapper or ipw2100. 
+See the wpa_supplicant homepage for supported drivers.
+
+
+PRE-INSTALL
+
+
+POST-INSTALL
+
+1. Create a network setup for wpa_supplicant:
+
+   wpa_passphrase <ssid> <your_secret> >> /etc/wpa.conf
+
+   See the sample configuration file wpa_supplicant.conf in the
+   sources for a complete description of the available options 
+   for wpa_supplicant. 
+   
+2. Change your wlan start script to use wpa_supplicant.
+   
+   Following an example for the centrino ipw2100 driver, no need 
+   to do anything with iwconfig:
+
+   /sbin/modprobe ipw2100
+   /sbin/ifconfig eth1 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.xxx
+   /sbin/route add default gw xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
+   /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -Bw -Dwext -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa.conf
+
+   Note: the above configuration makes use of the generic wext
+         wpa_supplicant driver (Linux wireless extensions), 
+         which is the preferred nowadays. Use this driver for
+         ndiswrapper as well.
+
+PRECAUTION
+