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From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: HEADSUP: 802.11 vap support merged
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On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 06:46:06PM -0400, Ben Kaduk wrote:
> On 4/27/08, Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 08:57:27PM -0400, Ben Kaduk wrote:
> >  > Hi Sam,
> >  >
> >  > ifconfig ndis0 up
> >  > gives me a panic (hand transcribed)
> >  > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
> >  > ndis_setstate_80211
> >
> >
> > I can see why this would happen, can you try this patch.
> >
> 
> Sorry for the delay; I just got to test the patch.
> 
> It works, in that the machine no longer panics when I try to frob ndis0
> directly.  I can still create a wlan0 on top of ndis0, and this appears to
> send and receive traffic properly.

Great, thanks for testing.

> I can assign ndis0 an IP address and netmask with ifconfig, but
> ifconfig ndis0 scan is ``unable to get scan results''.
> (I also can't give ndis0 an ssid (SIOCS80211: Invalid argument), and
> thus can't send traffic directly on ndis0.)

So the vap parent is now just a bystander, you no longer frob it
directly. You should be using the wlan0 device for scanning, assigning
addresses, etc.


cheers,
Andrew