Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:44:59 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Various fixes to wl(4) Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmok9tykxuBJ4vr6R3e-it1PXauPANfXJR%2B=p4e1_RTrKEg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9238703.p5asNz0dlH@ralph.baldwin.cx> References: <1815820.OytfPhNq3X@ralph.baldwin.cx> <2930763.7FbKMgYveJ@ralph.baldwin.cx> <CAJ-VmokjkZX%2BDmE-UxXkem81vo5u8Rim3j_idnnFKP3z6WFO_A@mail.gmail.com> <9238703.p5asNz0dlH@ralph.baldwin.cx>
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Oh yeah, I am. but wl likely hasn't been tested in a long time.. I think my last pair of wl(4) NICs disappeared in 2001. -a On 22 September 2014 13:35, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Monday, September 22, 2014 12:42:34 PM Adrian Chadd wrote: >> On 22 September 2014 12:20, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: >> > On Friday, September 19, 2014 03:47:16 PM Warner Losh wrote: >> >> I got rid of my pre-802.11 WaveLAN cards about 8 years go after not >> >> having >> >> them in a system at all for 8 years. And they were about 4 years obso= lete >> >> when I took them out of service=E2=80=A6 I=E2=80=99m not even sure I = have a machine with >> >> an >> >> ISA slot to test the card, even if I still had it. >> >> >> >> Sorry I can=E2=80=99t help more :) >> > >> > If no one tests them then I will happily toss the driver into the dust= bin, >> > just giving folks a chance to test patches before I do so. (I'm secre= tly >> > hoping I can purge several old drivers during the current round of >> > timeout() purging.) >> >> The wavelan/prism driver no longer works out of the box and hasn't >> since I took over the net80211 stack. >> >> TL;DR - some changes from sam and others a few years ago to do raw >> 802.11 frame transmit just doesn't work on all the wavelan cards that >> are in use. I've asked for someone interested to go through the >> changelog and back out those changes, making the driver again a >> straight 802.3 transmit driver - but noone has. :( >> >> So yes, you have a +1 to disconnect the wavelan driver from the build. > > I think you are referring to wi(4)? > > -- > John Baldwin
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