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Date:      Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:07:32 -0700
From:      Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.8 ifconfig.h ifieee80211.c ifmedia.c
Message-ID:  <466CCA84.3010200@errno.com>
In-Reply-To: <200706110356.l5B3uYFV052891@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200706110356.l5B3uYFV052891@repoman.freebsd.org>

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Sam Leffler wrote:
> sam         2007-06-11 03:56:33 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sbin/ifconfig        ifconfig.8 ifconfig.h ifieee80211.c 
>                          ifmedia.c 
>   Log:
>   Update for revised 802.11 support:
>   o revised channel handling support; ifconfig now queries the kernel to
>     find the list of available channels and handles channel promotion;
>     channel attributes can be specified as part of the channel; e.g. 36:a
>     for channel 36 in 11a (as opposed to turbo A or HT A)
>   o use channel list to map between freq and IEEE channel #; this eliminates
>     all knowledge of how the mapping is done and fixes handling of cases
>     where channels overlap in the IEEE channel # space but are distinct in
>     the frequency+attributes space (e.g. PSB)
>   o add new knobs: bgscan, ff (Atheors fast frames), dturbo (Atheros
>     Dynamic Turbo mode), bgscanidle, bgscanintvl, scanvalid, roam:rssi11a,
>     roam:rssi11b, roam:rssi11g, roam:rate11a, roam:rate11b, roam:rate11g
>     (roaming parameters), burst, doth (forthcoming 11h support)
>   o print contents of WME, ATH, WPA, RSN, information elements with -v option
>   o print signal strength in dBm
>   o print noise floor in dBm
>   o add list txpow to print tx power caps/channel
>   o change default channel display in status to be more informative

Manual page updates to be added.

	Sam




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