From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 11 10:40:03 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A2B10F95 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:40:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D48F1275 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:40:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=TE2SZut0AruBlwGxSWAV20Cph8gRglepbSW4ZpECkB4=; b=mUobRyKg4/i0H/oTZDvScHExwu5DnrcGvvRIdWrgiSg7bz4FfgVqTX2le0N+SpfBpXWuSMFl6+7aIm1jl/c3chzfBd+jPKiTnjzC+1uJpB7seGHPv1jZe7qgsmClmXkoK4CA+xnp2AMrj87l7O/flxS75WtuuBtKPF5d5+E6cDc=; Received: from [39.209.30.94] (port=60790 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1WDAkz-004MK3-H0; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:40:02 -0700 Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:39:43 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: John Subject: Re: release or stable, for wifi Message-ID: <20140211183943.7036dcf1@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <20140211103131.GA27302@potato.growveg.org> References: <20140211103131.GA27302@potato.growveg.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:40:03 -0000 Hi, On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:31:31 +0000 John wrote: > Hello list, > > Is it better (for wireless) to follow 10-R, 10-STABLE or 11? The > situation is an acer aspire v5 netbook. I'm running new xorg because > it's an amd c70 with a radeon chipset. Thing is, it needs some kind of > reliability. Wireless is provided by the ath0 driver. I am on 10 since June/July 2012. It was HEAD then. I will stay with 10 as long as possible and the switch to the then HEAD. I do this since many years and find it the easiest way for me. Erich