Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:04:08 +0300 From: Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.net> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [regression] The USB WiFi card stopped working: if_run doesn't create the 'run0' interface any more Message-ID: <963c38fb-1c08-62bc-198d-309953c39eb1@yuripv.net> In-Reply-To: <ffafff20-a930-44bf-8ff7-3c85905fd8c4@yuripv.net> References: <750df9db-ac02-a691-d091-7c34fe5ddb22@rawbw.com> <b072c7c7-dbaa-f2e7-9c09-a9cc78465180@rawbw.com> <ffafff20-a930-44bf-8ff7-3c85905fd8c4@yuripv.net>
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Yuri Pankov wrote: > Yuri wrote: >> 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. > > It's likely the switch from using usb.conf to devmatch.conf (see r329148). > > I can confirm the problem, inserting the ralink usb wifi dongle doesn't > do anything (I'm not using it anymore so I didn't notice the problem), > though the action in devmatch.conf is executed, so it might be the > problem somewhere below in devmatch(8). And looks like it's fixed in r335763 (for me, at least).
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