Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 07:02:05 +0800 From: Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Release notes and handbook changes for identifying wireless adapters Message-ID: <CAOc73CCHdeNhKZA2ahUAiOPK8dTERuRYsBBMokzgjGHCWQQj-g@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, FreeBSD wireless users who are upgrading to FreeBSD 11.0 will likely get a surprise when they try and identify which wireless adapters are available in their computer by using ifconfig. Neither the FreeBSD 11 release notes or the FreeBSD handbook currently explain this change. For example, if you have an atheros wireless driver, you would previously be able to see it using ifconfig, even before configuring the wlan0 clone device. % ifconfig | grep -B3 -i wireless That was changed with commit r287197: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=287197 The new way to show which wireless adapter is available is: % sysctl net.wlan.devices Whilst the configuration in /etc/rc.conf required to activate a wireless adapter has not changed, people may run into the hurdle of not even finding which wireless adapter to configure in the first place. This can be seen here: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203271 Regards, Ben -- -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com
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