Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:50:23 -0500 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: "scan stuck" with if_iwi(4) Message-ID: <20060801165023.GE34210@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <44C95084.6020209@errno.com> References: <20060720224632.GB31459@osgiliath.brixandersen.dk> <44C00B40.2010901@errno.com> <20060726144058.GD3077@osgiliath.opasia.dk> <44C793DB.5090900@errno.com> <20060726163017.GB5856@osgiliath.opasia.dk> <44C7AF68.3090109@errno.com> <20060726181534.GD5856@osgiliath.opasia.dk> <44C7D05C.8000408@errno.com> <20060726215341.GA7763@heff.fud.org.nz> <44C95084.6020209@errno.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--y2zxS2PfCDLh6JVG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 04:47:16PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: > Andrew Thompson wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 01:28:12PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: > >> Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > >>> Oh? Sounds interesting, where can I find these patches? > >> The work has always been in perforce.freebsd.org; look in the sam_wifi > >> branch. The code will not hit head until folks show up to fix legacy > >> drivers that use net80211. I got stuck holding the bag when I committ= ed > >> the wpa support and it ain't going to happen again. > >> > >=20 > > Do you have a list of drivers that are stalling this?=20 >=20 > The changes decouple scanning from the net80211 state machine so any > driver that uses ieee80211_new_state is affected: >=20 > tubby% grep -l ieee80211_new_state */*.c > ath/if_ath.c > awi/awi.c > ipw/if_ipw.c > iwi/if_iwi.c > ral/rt2560.c > ral/rt2661.c > usb/if_ural.c > wi/if_wi.c >=20 > I know how to convert ath and ral. iwi and ipw might not be too bad now > that they've been changed to not abuse the state machine so much. awi, > ural, and wi will break. ural might be ok after the new usb stack comes > in but that's not clear. >=20 > So I guess I'd take responsibility for ath and ral and want help with > all other drivers. IMO, losing awi in the process wouldn't be a big deal. We'll be maintaining 6.x until well into 2008 and all the awi cards are defunct. -- Brooks --y2zxS2PfCDLh6JVG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEz4ZPXY6L6fI4GtQRAu/4AKChVhWxWuOmC21Q+PX9u34xgF5vlgCfe8r3 YKQnU267WYE6mVqJPmSxCLQ= =8BqD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --y2zxS2PfCDLh6JVG--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20060801165023.GE34210>