From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mon Aug 1 23:02:07 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ABAFBACC30 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2016 23:02:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from woodsb02@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-x22a.google.com (mail-yw0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c05::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D62A41977 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2016 23:02:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from woodsb02@gmail.com) Received: by mail-yw0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id j12so185989419ywb.2 for ; Mon, 01 Aug 2016 16:02:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=xT3ppnf460yaPelBflWRthPbTMhQbIZo4nYn77ZpJd0=; b=IcCKYWK3LvMZ++CsKzoTYK1g46oN/FFJa+kpPPcWtV4unpNipYLyScro3Skyzi9VEg eRykxjWY5TmwVroCZHOW83N5wIRghVNdoLuzooEuVuTkvcfuN2YWu/DWmkLV5z+Bz8AZ +loUvfcoQxpCXRAQwU4rRhgsOSXdC+RIc/yco7i86vdE50Ve05D8cQeZgqm3G0it9BLr H0BTq/HrqIHYLUEP8dQ4kr9ketEMOXWDiy1wf14/svXXdUmJIqrb993sYx1cgTRaZNMm jVAmzYPFgVeputSJUwGe6/5ImBpUFgMbVg1joA6yJRrGxul8L/oQjffMi6pOA6warxEx EpUw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=xT3ppnf460yaPelBflWRthPbTMhQbIZo4nYn77ZpJd0=; b=fYsLduEihGQ2y4V/yRPcWcIksvMVRmW3boCFYpPL6MjCXvL6hhmwkq6RT+/l706J5F n6FYOmbRVMVOAYRrDG9X9Y/W5BcrNgCoPJiEskS7lU4LGIdQfHbVH2TOLbrg0rJAzc6c K2NDHfCMOGmtq1GdaakqksqveE5gJF0jvQ6Jg/eVQVBDI4teRr3qcA3UnvV63Taca8N8 EF4tuTAJn/Nj9MpGidKDAXFv3OuqMOTyY2x7QCGkKqMN4xpMBtWWTefQqKePVPTp2Vcz Uvml1H3FBqVdreALdbXDV5joJ0ZUVVqQwXptzstL00zWqAykjAVYS29ufw8BANFmArPl MROQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoouvtG/cIMjH7hSz2pJjbpfC1y32zJKWGO5lilElL7DsFUcS3TfClZfJMfj9YBb/OdafC4JY2eBAg7pmqoQ== X-Received: by 10.37.161.103 with SMTP id z94mr18200528ybh.47.1470092525726; Mon, 01 Aug 2016 16:02:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.37.199.65 with HTTP; Mon, 1 Aug 2016 16:02:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Woods Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 07:02:05 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Release notes and handbook changes for identifying wireless adapters To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 23:02:07 -0000 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