From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 11 09:40:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 073F41065672 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:40:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E40E8FC23 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:40:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b27so2649722fka.11 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:40:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; bh=dfkDKxQKnZSbw24H4taXDgTMslmxlwlh3lzrKuj5Hn8=; b=DT1dXbfZ7t/9kcLyPjuRXPZD4QQbsmZzFnkgBMsMWWmU9MYvzyaWhCLRaPb/XEEQ7aT24zc7j7rkNm3t9ZIz+nXvDr2Weh3A6EbO6fUFBUmpTi/jnKFjr/SJTFzQbIAiHzv8cD4FLxxWj0tQwzShmR9CT9uljDB74A2SksPa1m8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; b=ufw8UaQUJl1hSrrTG8BMz8qErPjN6u45KQwsNLtw0+DRcuqBVtb8XEzxo2fyDNgvfej9g6PPxv7Ky4PPKUz0041dRIGPaJtwjhW9BlZkjrBRjz8LZrzvCWsqjxZt3nQjMrO+IqpAO/GfCJ0/BuLjjCQywtR/yyVJHp5E8tmNlXk= Received: by 10.82.121.15 with SMTP id t15mr15949873buc.8.1205228406851; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:40:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?127.0.0.1? ( [217.206.187.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g11sm1482967gve.6.2008.03.11.02.40.02 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:40:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Evans To: Benjamin Close In-Reply-To: <47D63A0C.8050806@clearchain.com> References: <47CD41F3.2000203@langille.org> <20080307233340.GB1456@isis.u-strasbg.fr> <0EE032CC-4A3E-45D7-9337-62A44FDAC63B@langille.org> <47D63A0C.8050806@clearchain.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-k++nYL5+nMdKtpS+FYVh" Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:40:00 +0000 Message-Id: <1205228400.75559.10.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ThinkPad x61s 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: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:40:09 -0000 --=-k++nYL5+nMdKtpS+FYVh Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 18:21 +1030, Benjamin Close wrote: > With the recent patches available (see below) the experimental status is=20 > rapidly vanishing. >=20 > Cheers, > Benjamin >=20 Hi Benjamin One of the features I would really like in wpi(4) is hostap mode support, which would allow me to access/provide services to wireless devices like my ipod from my laptop. I even went out and bought an ath(4) to do this, only to be denied by my HP BIOS! Is this sort of feature technically possible, or was it only through the hardware interface exported by the ath binary HAL that this feature is possible? I notice no other wifi cards support hostap. Thanks Tom --=-k++nYL5+nMdKtpS+FYVh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBH1lNtlcRvFfyds/cRAuBNAJ9ZjxraJZjMWkmlWRd1vwX1XvbmrwCdG1An fl1ny8UuJaEqsl6xDdnTUCM= =BiI+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-k++nYL5+nMdKtpS+FYVh--