Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 06:40:23 GMT From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/104062: net/gkrellmwireless2 plugin fails to recognise ath0 wireless Message-ID: <200610070640.k976eNO6016086@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.org>
To: Lars Hecking <lhecking@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: KT Sin <ktsin@acm.org>, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, ume@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: ports/104062: net/gkrellmwireless2 plugin fails to recognise ath0 wireless
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:33:08 +0900
Hi,
>>>>> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 20:31:51 +0100 (IST)
>>>>> Lars Hecking <lhecking@users.sourceforge.net> said:
> afaik, gkrellmwireless2, even with 2.0.3 doesn't support wireless
> devices other than wi.
lhecking> That is interesting, because it works on Gentoo (gkrellm 2.2.5,
lhecking> gkrellmwireless2 2.0.3) with ath0, and seemingly without patches.
lhecking> It must depend on some more fundamental differences beetween the
lhecking> OSes.
The FreeBSD's API around here is quite different from Linux one.
lhecking> I actually tried 2.0.3 on FreeBSD, but the problem is the same.
> however, hajimu umemoto-san made a patch some time ago to include
> support for newer wireless cards under freebsd.
>
> please try the patch below and see if it works for you.
lhecking> It does, and thank you very much! :)
It should be applied cleanly to 2.0.3 as well.
I sent the author of gkrellmwireless2 it once before, but I got no
response from him. I'll resend it later.
It might better to include it in gkrellmwireless2 port.
Sincerely,
--
Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan
ume@mahoroba.org ume@{,jp.}FreeBSD.org
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