From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Tue Aug 2 05:36:31 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 B2B63BAC853 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 05:36:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "0x20.net", Issuer "StartCom Class 1 DV Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7ACAE1B26 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 05:36:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B4B8B6E0081; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 07:36:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id u725aTKH044387; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 07:36:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: (from lars@localhost) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id u725aT7S043662; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 07:36:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars) Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 07:36:29 +0200 From: Lars Engels To: Lars Engels Cc: Ben Woods , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Release notes and handbook changes for identifying wireless adapters Message-ID: <20160802053629.GU148@e-new.0x20.net> References: <20160802053134.GT148@e-new.0x20.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="b9dEYEwnDXkv9lSy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160802053134.GT148@e-new.0x20.net> X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE-p23 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) 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: Tue, 02 Aug 2016 05:36:31 -0000 --b9dEYEwnDXkv9lSy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 07:31:34AM +0200, Lars Engels wrote: > On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 07:02:05AM +0800, Ben Woods wrote: > > Hi, > >=20 > > FreeBSD wireless users who are upgrading to FreeBSD 11.0 will likely ge= t a > > surprise when they try and identify which wireless adapters are availab= le > > in their computer by using ifconfig. Neither the FreeBSD 11 release not= es > > or the FreeBSD handbook currently explain this change. > >=20 > > 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. > >=20 > > % ifconfig | grep -B3 -i wireless > >=20 > >=20 > > That was changed with commit r287197: > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=3Drevision&revision=3D287197 > >=20 > > The new way to show which wireless adapter is available is: > > % sysctl net.wlan.devices > >=20 > > 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 fin= ding > > which wireless adapter to configure in the first place. This can be seen > > here: > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D203271 > >=20 >=20 > rc.conf behaviour has changed in regard of creating lagg interaces. >=20 > 10.x needs this (copied from the handbook [1]): >=20 > ifconfig_bge0=3D"up" > ifconfig_iwn0=3D"ether 00:21:70:da:ae:37" > wlans_iwn0=3D"wlan0" > ifconfig_wlan0=3D"WPA" > cloned_interfaces=3D"lagg0" > ifconfig_lagg0=3D"laggproto failover laggport bge0 laggport wlan0 DHCP" >=20 >=20 > 11.x needs this: >=20 > ifconfig_bge0=3D"up" > wlans_iwn0=3D"wlan0" > create_args_wlan0=3D"ether 00:21:70:da:ae:37" # new Small correction: create_args_wlan0=3D"wlanaddr 00:21:70:da:ae:37" --b9dEYEwnDXkv9lSy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQF8BAEBCgBmBQJXoDFdXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ4RjQwMDE3RTRERjUzMTI1N0FGRTUxNDlF NTRDQjM3RDNBMDg5RDZEAAoJEOVMs306CJ1tm8kIAI3mqK1S1K9gHhyJtl8j1GFw aW+pynEoaJ0utfSNjWbcaZNIyWR/rD35ZM8wdl27pdGoVds/avX7RbJRF8R7khUG 44hPdtuYD92TQJvK0MCvq9t2n3sjcIZiXr1iMPRnJNHB8mpO0kGezY73N+TP9EpT 4K3JnYC/FG/jCGtUfIrNprAmgM7ultMGhr+YCsvi6TCwp0P9APeuhIoReQRO/p7o NQYSvk6SMT75ntbVFjbX0plpPX1v2f4D+WUk5CZq3d0kKJgIXRB790Z7phIvrUHi iWUdMYa6imp3jp+/v5DSE4Qeo2S4Ibiu2fyWjCw7fPIIXjmdclg9WKtDTasOow0= =wMVK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --b9dEYEwnDXkv9lSy--