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Date:      Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:24:28 +1200
From:      James Butler <sweetnavelorange@gmail.com>
To:        Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipw in 8.0-BETA1
Message-ID:  <f0dd9eb90907190024q2e2107e6lddb75c55142eba6a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4A608F26.8050904@errno.com>
References:  <f0dd9eb90907170332l2a4229b0u70a45f76d2479be@mail.gmail.com> <4A608F26.8050904@errno.com>

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2009/7/18 Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>:
> James Butler wrote:
>>
>> Greetings
>>
>> Are ipw devices expected to work in 8.0-BETA1? Mine apparently
>> doesn't. I have updated my rc.conf according to the instructions in
>> UPDATING relating to wlans; the wlan0 interface is created, but
>> wpa_supplicant doesn't associate.
>>
>> I ask after seeing this snippet from the list back in March:
>>
>>> Unfortunately the vap conversion of the ipw driver never was completed
>>> (it's the only driver in the tree that is known to be totally broken).
>>> =C2=A0It's on
>>> my todo list for 8.0 but would happily defer to someone else :).
>>
>> If the answer is yes, then I'll try a little harder.
>
> Sorry the driver never got fixed after conversion to vaps; it's on the 8.=
0
> TODO list. =C2=A0I'm not sure it's going to be fixed before 8.0.

OK thanks for the reply, and TIA for whenever you're able to fix it.

-James



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