Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 15:36:59 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RFC: Create a default wlan for wireless NICs Message-ID: <CANCZdfoPeNmNwqWN2sX-qZDzBxKvz=aAmUL2%2BHcwr9%2ByJGNzQg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6686653.ooTk0CQ0bF@ralph.baldwin.cx> References: <6686653.ooTk0CQ0bF@ralph.baldwin.cx>
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On Fri, May 25, 2018, 3:29 PM John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > From the bikeshed department.... > > The change at https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15481 would create a default > wlan for wireless NICs by default. The default wlan's ifnet name would > match the name of the adapter (e.g. "iwn0"). Existing configurations > would still be honored and people who need multiple wlan devices can > still do so using existing configuration variables in rc.conf, etc. > > However, the out of the box experience on a new machine would be that > 'ifconfig iwn0' would Just Work(tm) for wireless NICs as it does now for > wired NICs, and you could just use 'ifconfig_iwn0="WPA DHCP"' in rc.conf. > I think this is more consistent with how we present NICs to users in > Love it. Warner >
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