From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 1 19:30:01 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BACB216A468 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 19:30:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from daffy@xview.net) Received: from mail.oav.net (mail.oav.net [193.218.105.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B98713C447 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 19:30:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from daffy@xview.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail02.oav.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C31013F43F; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:18:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from daffy@xview.net) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail02.oav.net Received: from mail02.oav.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail02.oav.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with LMTP id 5AlHh52jaCw5; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:18:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (home.xview.net [82.240.108.228]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail02.oav.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19C8B3F425; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:18:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from daffy@xview.net) In-Reply-To: <46605C26.9090304@errno.com> References: <46605C26.9090304@errno.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Olivier Warin Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:18:05 +0200 To: Sam Leffler X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: major wireless changes X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:30:01 -0000 Hello Sam, Nice job. Is it now possible to bridge a wireless adapter in Master mode with a =20= regular ethernet link ? Best regards, Le 1 juin 07 =E0 19:49, Sam Leffler a =E9crit : > This patch against HEAD imports the work that's been sitting in the =20= > sam_wifi p4 branch: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/sam_wifi-20070601.patch.gz > > To apply it do something like > > cd /usr/src > gzcat sam_wifi-20070601.patch.gz | patch -p4 > > Expect one reject in sys/net80211/ieee80211_input.c.rej; it can be =20 > ignored. > > These changes do the following: > > o significantly change net80211 data structures in ways required by =20= > the multi-bss/vap support and for 802.11n > o overhaul scanning to support background scanning and roaming > o add basic 802.11n support (drivers coming separately) > o add support for Atheros' protocol extensions (e.g. fast frames) > o purge compatibility ioctls in net80211 for wicontrol et. al. > o add experimental radiotap additions for handling 802.11n packets > o update ifconfig > > Note that scanning in net80211 has been broken out into separate =20 > modules and you must now add device lines for wlan_scan_ap=20 > +wlan_scan_sta (as appropriate) or load the modules as you do the =20 > crypto modules. > > These changes have been extensively tested in one form or another =20 > for several years but the current code may have some minor issues. =20= > Some drivers have been tested more than others. In particular iwi =20 > just recently got some work and it appears to need some more fixups =20= > to deal with "stuck scan" and beacon miss issues. > > This is the work of many people including Kip Macy, Max Laier, =20 > Sephe Ziehau, Andrew Thompson, and Kevin Lo. Please report =20 > problems to this list. > > Sam > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-=20 > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Olivier Warin