Comment 46 for bug 905748

wext fails in a similar way:

wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
netlink: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
wpa_driver_wext_associate
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
ioctl[SIOCSIWGENIE]: Operation not supported
wpa_driver_wext_set_psk
Association request to the driver failed
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=2 key_idx=0 set_tx=1 seq_len=6 key_len=32
Cancelling authentication timeout
State: ASSOCIATING -> COMPLETED