Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 19:39:34 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> Cc: Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com>, freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath (AR9280) with nanoBSD (fwd) Message-ID: <20160701193643.M324@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmo=XXU7P%2B9qOgTugXTR0E4%2Bqw4VAvyuC9eRzs0P6kv8KAg@mail.gmail.com> References: <20160630210043.U11465@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <B710548B-70C1-4B89-8D97-B7B758974C56@gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmo=XXU7P%2B9qOgTugXTR0E4%2Bqw4VAvyuC9eRzs0P6kv8KAg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 07:54:52 -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > It was to remove the wifi interface from needing to be an ifnet interface, > complete with the locking and lifecycle management. > > Now the net80211 physical interfaces don't have to pretend to be normal > network interfaces. Which is good in the long run as there's a whole bunch > of functionality to implement that doesn't map cleanly to ifnet. > > A Ok, thanks for the clarification. Too much time behind the 8-ball, me. cheers, Ian
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