From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 3 16:16:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63E8C16A400 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 16:16:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF2B443D5F for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 16:16:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from [10.0.0.248] (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id k33GGK8L080477 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:16:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <44314A54.60205@errno.com> Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:16:20 -0700 From: Sam Leffler User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060210) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: fcash@ocis.net References: <200604020054.AA36241496@ipro.net> <45286.192.168.0.10.1144079644.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <45286.192.168.0.10.1144079644.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WDS progress X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:16:24 -0000 Freddie Cash wrote: > On Sat, April 1, 2006 10:54 pm, P C wrote: >> Does anyone know when WDS ("standard" as defined by the wi-fi >> alliance or senao/engenius) will be available in freeBSD? >> Specifically for Atheros chipset cards. > > Search the -current and -stable mailing lists for posts by Sam Leffler > regarding the state of the 802.11 wireless stack and the ath(4) > driver. I remember a long post by him early in the new year that > describes all the new features of the latest ath_hal(4), along with > plans for the wireless stack this year. In one of those messages, he > goes over WDS and WMM extensions. I don't recall the specifics, > though. WDS and WMM are unrelated. WMM has been in CVS for >1 year. WDS is waiting on import of the multi-bss vap support. No clue when that'll happen (if ever) as it requires help converting all the wireless drivers to a new model. Some folks have expressed interest in getting WDS support in separately from vap's but I've not heard anything recently. Sam