Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:18:05 +0200 From: Olivier Warin <daffy@xview.net> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: major wireless changes Message-ID: <AE134FC9-9C0A-40D6-B27E-5D658C71001C@xview.net> In-Reply-To: <46605C26.9090304@errno.com> References: <46605C26.9090304@errno.com>
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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
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