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Subject: Re: [regression] The USB WiFi card stopped working: if_run doesn't
 create the 'run0' interface any more
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On 07/03/18 12:45, Yuri wrote:
> I updated the laptop to r335884 last night, and 'service 
> wpa_supplicant start wlan0' doesn't succeed any more.
>
> kernel is supposed to create the network interface 'run0', but it 
> doesn't. This is the immediate reason why wpa_supplicant fails.
>
> The non-creation of 'run0' is a regression. I don't know of any 
> workaround.
>
>
> The steps 'mergemaster -p' and 'mergemaster' were done during the 
> upgrade, so /etc is updated.


Bug report for this problem: 
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229738

This is a very serious regression breaking WiFi.


Yuri