Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:57:23 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: major wireless changes Message-ID: <4660B263.8050008@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <466093D0.7000007@rfc2549.org> References: <46605C26.9090304@errno.com> <466093D0.7000007@rfc2549.org>
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Arne Schwabe wrote: > Sam Leffler wrote: >> This patch against HEAD imports the work that's been sitting in the >> 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 >> ignored. >> >> These changes do the following: >> >> o significantly change net80211 data structures in ways required by >> 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) > I assume that this patch also does not help 802.11n card to work with > a/b/g (without n support)? Or did I make a mistake applying the patch? Depends. There's been support for ath 5416/5418 parts operating in legacy mode for a while; you need the hal in http://www.freebsd.org/~sam. But that's completely separate from these changes. Sam
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