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Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 November 2003 03:47 pm, Brian Feldman wrote:
> > green       2003/11/04 15:47:19 PST
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/dev/wi           if_wi.c
> >   Log:
> >   Truly fix the lockup mentioned in 1.153.  The PRISM hardware is not
> >   capable of functioning in HostAP mode with a zero-length SSID, so
> >   use " " if one is not set.
> 
> This depends on the firmware revision.  Hopefully you are using the 
> hard-learned experiences of the hostap (Linux) foks.

BTW, there is a reference to it in the HostAP kernel driver code but not as 
to specifically which hardware it's supposed to be working around (as 
obviously we have hostap for ath(4) and wi(4) both):
http://hostap.epitest.fi/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/hostap/driver/modules/hostap_hw.c?rev=1.166&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

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