From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG  Sat Apr 26 17:36:33 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C93337B401
	for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 17:36:32 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [66.127.85.87])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D688443FBD
	for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 17:36:31 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from sam@errno.com)
Received: from melange (melange.errno.com [66.127.85.82])
	(authenticated bits=0)
	by ebb.errno.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3R0aUpw056680
	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO)
	for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 17:36:31 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from sam@errno.com)
Message-ID: <02d501c30c55$0c4e08e0$52557f42@errno.com>
From: "Sam Leffler" <sam@errno.com>
To: <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 17:36:30 -0700
Organization: Errno Consulting
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="Windows-1252"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4920.2300
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4920.2300
Subject: CFR: if_media changes for multi-mode devices
X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD <freebsd-net.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net>,
	<mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net>,
	<mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 00:36:33 -0000

The patch:

http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ifmedia.diff

has changes to support multi-mode devices such as 11a/b/g wireless cards.
These use 3 of the free bits in the media word to specifiy an optional mode
that devices can honor.  To manipulate this field there is a new "mode"
command line option to ifconfig.  For example,

ifconfig ath0 mode 11g

operate my multi-mode Atheros wireless device in 11g mode.

Other changes in this diff add a "turbo" option for enabling turbo mode on
802.11 devices, add 802.11 subtype options for specifying 11g rates (CCK at
6,9,12,18,24,36,48, ad 54 Mb/s), and correct the spelling of OFDM.

These changed should not affect existing code.  If I don't hear anything
negative back in a few days I'll commit it.

    Sam