Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:46:53 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Various fixes to wl(4) Message-ID: <F0FDF0E9-1FC9-4C77-A487-D5562ED5AE4C@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmok9tykxuBJ4vr6R3e-it1PXauPANfXJR%2B=p4e1_RTrKEg@mail.gmail.com> References: <1815820.OytfPhNq3X@ralph.baldwin.cx> <2930763.7FbKMgYveJ@ralph.baldwin.cx> <CAJ-VmokjkZX%2BDmE-UxXkem81vo5u8Rim3j_idnnFKP3z6WFO_A@mail.gmail.com> <9238703.p5asNz0dlH@ralph.baldwin.cx> <CAJ-Vmok9tykxuBJ4vr6R3e-it1PXauPANfXJR%2B=p4e1_RTrKEg@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I have a dozen I can bring to the next bafug I go to :) Warner On Sep 22, 2014, at 2:44 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > Oh yeah, I am. > > but wl likely hasn't been tested in a long time.. I think my last pair > of wl(4) NICs disappeared in 2001. > > > -a > > > On 22 September 2014 13:35, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On Monday, September 22, 2014 12:42:34 PM Adrian Chadd wrote: >>> On 22 September 2014 12:20, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>> On Friday, September 19, 2014 03:47:16 PM Warner Losh wrote: >>>>> I got rid of my pre-802.11 WaveLAN cards about 8 years go after not >>>>> having >>>>> them in a system at all for 8 years. And they were about 4 years obsolete >>>>> when I took them out of service… I’m not even sure I have a machine with >>>>> an >>>>> ISA slot to test the card, even if I still had it. >>>>> >>>>> Sorry I can’t help more :) >>>> >>>> If no one tests them then I will happily toss the driver into the dustbin, >>>> just giving folks a chance to test patches before I do so. (I'm secretly >>>> hoping I can purge several old drivers during the current round of >>>> timeout() purging.) >>> >>> The wavelan/prism driver no longer works out of the box and hasn't >>> since I took over the net80211 stack. >>> >>> TL;DR - some changes from sam and others a few years ago to do raw >>> 802.11 frame transmit just doesn't work on all the wavelan cards that >>> are in use. I've asked for someone interested to go through the >>> changelog and back out those changes, making the driver again a >>> straight 802.3 transmit driver - but noone has. :( >>> >>> So yes, you have a +1 to disconnect the wavelan driver from the build. >> >> I think you are referring to wi(4)? >> >> -- >> John Baldwin [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJUIIq9AAoJEGwc0Sh9sBEAvdgP/A0zistx1pzCT/5g1w7nvv9u dJ7aLuNKrBw7jgUxjXLmI7+hrxwe4gfpABHirS4fb3p0iuzH+KTJ3ouzES/2ze3g 9zP/xJ4/n4mdlgG+t9d80jarSxQ66aBYkJf22OmZ6QNzG9lrNVHU4ARyc/KxDdFP 65RuW+olIMJn1KzcnvfNsULXNxz00XUrhR1jKwYfBmoQrWbCUpYq6QGYjkunNNqx Xm91a8raVhRGQpE+kzTj81GHYJQkomBxrc9dNpcOiFCnsDlZmP+dcvh+f3yITt1z UprdGckrUyN/QV0PQ95HAqNUTvpdEbkSG8KB3lR2E/eHy2BmZ4/fODso2/nPvUCZ i0uckX8bqrkBj3Y7+BhDbxGy6g+4vuhCEkvqXgwQbgLytWBibo3njlO3xsd/a77u aGwlt6KtNj6rjP9WsGndX7p8uLEG9U6R23e/xBsrcsaSFiYJ3sqFBCJFmeWc6mjA l36QdkxFSZ5TcW+zgmREpGwI+oLJgH5OVwyb46VSmuSCbFYZ64V7XBtBWt7X3Vyw vIBXFm99lQ4D9qLPgIREhzyUOQcwJDylME1wzRXjgthrRCANzI736wrpRKfKZo+b tJc87WMBam/VrzoXA0v2fa/LHD5Ls3pYN8rvjtG3MPQgsPGJwlzX8w1aPldsQNQJ hb5rPEbTkLMX/ydBOYOE =7MeH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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