From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Sat Aug 29 00:40:29 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@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 60A889C5A37; Sat, 29 Aug 2015 00:40:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@me.com) Received: from mr11p00im-asmtp004.me.com (mr11p00im-asmtp004.me.com [17.110.69.135]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 391131EC3; Sat, 29 Aug 2015 00:40:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@me.com) Received: from akita.local (c-73-162-13-215.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [73.162.13.215]) by mr11p00im-asmtp004.me.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.35.0 64bit (built Mar 31 2015)) with ESMTPSA id <0NTT00GU1J7EH120@mr11p00im-asmtp004.me.com>; Sat, 29 Aug 2015 00:40:28 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2015-08-29_01:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=2 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1412110000 definitions=main-1508290007 Message-id: <1440808825.1619.18.camel@me.com> Subject: Re: Notice: wifi infrastructure upgraded; time to mergemaster! From: Rui Paulo To: Adrian Chadd , "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" , freebsd-current Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:40:25 -0700 In-reply-to: References: Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Mailer: Evolution 3.16.4 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 00:40:29 -0000 On Fri, 2015-08-28 at 17:07 -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi, > > Gleb's wifi work is in -HEAD now. You'll notice that there's no wifi > parent ifnet device now - you have to clone them to have things work. > (ie, there's no ath0, iwn0, etc.) > > So, you need to update your rc.d scripts in order for things to work > at startup, or they won't work. > > I've asked Gleb to update UPDATING with a notice so people aren't > (completely) confused by the new behaviour. This is very bad. The commit log specifically says rc.conf changes are not needed. There was zero thought given to the upgrade procedure... -- Rui Paulo