From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 28 09:57:58 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BC7C37B401; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:57:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [66.127.85.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35FB143F93; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:57:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from melange (melange.errno.com [66.127.85.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3SGvspw063997 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:57:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <06ee01c30da7$5027c8f0$52557f42@errno.com> From: "Sam Leffler" To: References: <200304281637.h3SGbcEM082652@repoman.freebsd.org> <200304281646.h3SGkQxV091642@bmah.dyndns.org> <06d501c30da6$dad8a830$52557f42@errno.com> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:57:54 -0700 Organization: Errno Consulting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4920.2300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4920.2300 cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.c ifconfig.h ifmedia.c X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:57:58 -0000 > > Dumb question: How is this conceptually different from "media" and > "mediaopt"? > > You need an additional mechanism for selecting between 11a/b/g on multi-mode > devices. All such devices have a media of "802.11" and mediaopt isn't > appropriate because it's orthogonal. The easiest way to see the problem is > to ask how you would specify OFDM at 54Mb/s in the 2.4Ghz range (i.e. 11g). > With the current media and mediaopts you have no way. With this addition > you specify this by adding "mode 11g". There's still some issues with "pure > 11g" vs "11g" (pure means no 11b rates are supported and you don't have to > worry about supporting both 11b and "purge g" stations on the same AP) but > I'm going to avoid that until my 11g stuff is all committed. FWIW, I tried making this stuff fit in media and mediaopts but it just didn't work. I've also been in touch with netbsd folks about this and they've had no alternative suggestions so I'm going with this scheme for now. I'm happy to change it if someone comes up with a better idea. Sam