From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 3 16:23:44 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 4FFB016A400 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 16:23:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99AA043D53 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 16:23:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 676798A003B; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:28:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 96513-01-44; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:28:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail.sd73.bc.ca (unknown [10.10.10.17]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6D338A004A; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:28:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail.sd73.bc.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by webmail.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3308D9000450; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:23:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 192.168.0.10 (SquirrelMail authenticated user fcash) by webmail.sd73.bc.ca with HTTP; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:23:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <36841.192.168.0.10.1144081410.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <44314A54.60205@errno.com> References: <200604020054.AA36241496@ipro.net> <45286.192.168.0.10.1144079644.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> <44314A54.60205@errno.com> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:23:30 -0700 (PDT) From: "Freddie Cash" To: "Sam Leffler" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at sd73.bc.ca Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WDS progress X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fcash@ocis.net List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:23:44 -0000 On Mon, April 3, 2006 9:16 am, Sam Leffler wrote: > 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. Thanks for the clarification. ---- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net