From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Thu Jun 11 05:59:12 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D82CA34BFE1 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2020 05:59:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from debdrup@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6074::16:84]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "freefall.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49jCq45Qf0z46rj for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2020 05:59:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from debdrup@freebsd.org) Received: by freefall.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1471) id A58F7153ED; Thu, 11 Jun 2020 05:59:12 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 07:59:10 +0200 From: Daniel Ebdrup Jensen To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WiFi with AC on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20200611055910.ldk6nkqgoo4neg2d@nerd-thinkpad.local> Mail-Followup-To: Daniel Ebdrup Jensen , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <20200610082552.0e08045c@rimwks> <20200610075307.5r4ynpool6grwsj5@nerd-thinkpad.local> <20200611084421.31322e1a@rimwks> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="y3e2m6kfenhcxpuf" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200611084421.31322e1a@rimwks> X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 05:59:12 -0000 --y3e2m6kfenhcxpuf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 08:44:21AM +0300, Rozhuk Ivan wrote: >On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:53:07 +0200 >Daniel Ebdrup Jensen wrote: > >> This is a very interesting draft, and it would be even better if it >> could be included on the FreeBSD wiki [1], where it can be worked on >> by more people. > >Ok, I will do this. > > >> Have you thought about taking this one step further and making a very >> small Linux appliance (ie. just the linux kernel with wpa_supplicant >> and perhaps a few other utilities statically compiled)? I don't know >> Linux well enough to know if it's possible, but it might even be >> worth trying to set the values of the parameters you're changing via >> kernel environment variables, if that's doable? > >I have no idea how to make and use "linux kernel + wpa_supplicant" :) >OpenWRT can be rebuild (I suspect) with less ram and hdd requiremens, >like 64-128 ram and 32-64 hdd. It is very strange for me that it can >not boot if ram is less than 256mb. Yes, that is rather strange. I find [1] and [2] quite interesting, because those are some very low-memor= y=20 systems, and they only have the kernel plus a statically built wpa_supplica= nt,=20 as far as I know. I'll ask around a bit, I might know someone who can help. [1]: https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi?do=3Dview&id=3D5250 [2]: https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi?do=3Dview&id=3D5499 --y3e2m6kfenhcxpuf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGTBAABCgB9FiEEDonNJPbg/JLIMoS6Ps5hSHzN87oFAl7hyC5fFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDBF ODlDRDI0RjZFMEZDOTJDODMyODRCQTNFQ0U2MTQ4N0NDREYzQkEACgkQPs5hSHzN 87pHsgf/bVMkRTiW85uCxqnwGWvcvkGWEvxeE/R/xAkbbdXFV4yTxe0OdH55Kq6+ xDuy/30sz3GGhHBHw/kOMJA4R1KlLXQNsgnYIxYtI5fDCS95QhaRToqP+i83ouPE i9Y1Sz9N5gXsDnO2M+FxwokVuz3VdXJgz0gi3xEK2YeHmZnwIgM+Zl/kKCJNCGrg w5MckZLHL33pcjeadwW0LniMFY5xDaAStnPrsNM7U6+G7/+pgHnCUJRxl8Fcnas+ 0hL/DUqeVrh6SSF8Eu0gi2Rm6ZSi8uyD97uvvY2ZQaJ8WWmaqtAenJPMoYRDKu7O MRcMGT0IPBeD6LuAFzAxbvf2eBuQFg== =3z8i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --y3e2m6kfenhcxpuf--