Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:57:01 +0200 From: Henrik Brix Andersen <henrik@brixandersen.dk> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new wpa_supplcant and hostapd coming Message-ID: <20070612155701.GA64173@tirith.brixandersen.dk> In-Reply-To: <466EC0BA.8020409@errno.com> References: <466CCD4B.7000400@errno.com> <20070612094324.GC56032@tirith.brixandersen.dk> <466EC0BA.8020409@errno.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 08:50:18AM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: > Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 09:19:23PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: > >> I plan to import new versions of these programs. The 0.5.8 version of > >> wpa_supplicant does not work with the ndis support in the kernel. I've > >> requested help fixing this for many months w/ no response. If noone steps > >> up to fix it I plan to commit the new wpa_supplicant w/o ndis support. > > In order to avoid regressions in the forthcoming 7.0 release would it > > be an option to import the latest 0.4.x versions of wpa_supplicant and > > hostapd instead? Then wait with the 0.5.x import until we have ndis > > support working with the 0.5.x branch? > > Its been many months and I see noone interested in fixing ndis support. Not > importing the current stable release means all non-ndis users are missing > out on bug fixes and features. So tell me again why it's better to wait? To avoid regressions compared to FreeBSD 6.x - anyways, it was just a suggestion. I have no use/interest/insight in ndis(4) myself. Regards, Brix -- Henrik Brix Andersen <henrik@brixandersen.dk> [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: GnuPG signed iD8DBQFGbsJMv+Q4flTiePgRAns+AJ4+S5uAbRzEpk4GhSubm75oocDOqACfSNeh IfrVKoTjKcw6HtEJF2mYsX4= =AoNr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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