From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 1 16:50:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A26616A4DF; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 16:50:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91.asp.att.net [204.127.203.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A773443D86; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 16:50:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net ([12.207.12.9]) by sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91) with ESMTP id <20060801165027m9100873vre>; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 16:50:27 +0000 Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k71GoOGH035779; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:50:25 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: (from brooks@localhost) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k71GoOFc035778; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:50:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:50:23 -0500 From: Brooks Davis To: Sam Leffler Message-ID: <20060801165023.GE34210@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="y2zxS2PfCDLh6JVG" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44C95084.6020209@errno.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Andrew Thompson Subject: Re: "scan stuck" with if_iwi(4) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 16:50:45 -0000 --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--