From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 26 14:41:35 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A511065673 for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:41:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1CE88FC13 for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:41:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk28 with SMTP id 28so2152425gxk.13 for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 07:41:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=1WvGQltiznG3dCJ5xotj3H+wMlOqFFsPE1uOtVszWBM=; b=qRAph7Q4xerrIxLbJVIJW8hosXC8jk/Mcb1WgeYrpT39H+eSzjFi31zFHNcR1wcCis OVLLBDZNCiQpSVC5RrPWshhzrGLn2vLP3U7z2kB25lQK+TKc2pTsFp/dFgpMhNGm+wpN NkGdCOAAj4PIay1jLRh8CoFEId2PUgAsv1cUM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=Ohs7KwFcK9Aspube9948xIp/JQHF/pwB+9mWMXqFL+Jx9H1q2KJTwWG7pHeJHrozFb hi8r0dokHZZ52awbVG/L8Dc3HA48mw98OpNjBXSQVMuasSvwNaH/tDekhk3DXzPQdR5r c3F5yLgRg/pTrp6RTnOfL4G5rOaDfXU1EMIYI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.55.12 with SMTP id d12mr5934937yba.66.1309099294349; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 07:41:34 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.146.13 with HTTP; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 07:41:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:41:34 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 2I4BojAON4sPIHzH7Z1PuOb13qE Message-ID: From: Adrian Chadd To: Patrick Lahni Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iwn -CURRENT drivers on -STABLE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:41:35 -0000 On 25 June 2011 03:00, Patrick Lahni wrote: > End game is I'd like tinker around using it at least in hostap mode. =A0I > realize 11n is still very much in development and I'm ok with that. =A0Ev= en > using it as 11g in hostap mode would be a plus until 11n catches up. =A0A= s of > now, hostap isn't supported on my card in -stable, at least that's what > dmesg tells me when I try. =A0I'd love to help test this if it was possib= le to > use -current for just those modules and -stable for the rest of the machi= ne. I think the problem with the iwn NICs here is we're limited to what the firmware supports, and I don't -think- the firmware even supports hostap mode. Your best bet is what everyone else seems to do, use an ath(4) NIC. :) Bernhard's making some great progress with iwn and 11n in STA mode though. Adrian