Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 17:08:23 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: Create a default wlan for wireless NICs Message-ID: <201805260008.w4Q08NoU048243@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <6686653.ooTk0CQ0bF@ralph.baldwin.cx>
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> >From the bikeshed department.... > > The change at https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15481 would create a default > wlan for wireless NICs by default. The default wlan's ifnet name would > match the name of the adapter (e.g. "iwn0"). Existing configurations > would still be honored and people who need multiple wlan devices can > still do so using existing configuration variables in rc.conf, etc. > > However, the out of the box experience on a new machine would be that > 'ifconfig iwn0' would Just Work(tm) for wireless NICs as it does now for > wired NICs, and you could just use 'ifconfig_iwn0="WPA DHCP"' in rc.conf. > I think this is more consistent with how we present NICs to users in > general. Yes, Blue Please, with a red stripe. :) I asked about documentation in the review, but about all I can find is: /etc/defaults/rc.conf: #wlans_ath0="wlan0" # wlan(4) interfaces for ath0 device There is probably stuff in the wiki that would need updated though. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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