Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 14:55:07 -0700 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RFC: Create a default wlan for wireless NICs Message-ID: <CAF6rxg=uJosUxQ6iqyYy59GRt1-dX9-q72Qq8kBrZs7FPXmEJQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfoPeNmNwqWN2sX-qZDzBxKvz=aAmUL2%2BHcwr9%2ByJGNzQg@mail.gmail.com> References: <6686653.ooTk0CQ0bF@ralph.baldwin.cx> <CANCZdfoPeNmNwqWN2sX-qZDzBxKvz=aAmUL2%2BHcwr9%2ByJGNzQg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 25 May 2018 at 14:36, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2018, 3:29 PM John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> From the bikeshed department.... >> >> The change at https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15481 would create a default >> wlan for wireless NICs by default. The default wlan's ifnet name would >> match the name of the adapter (e.g. "iwn0"). Existing configurations >> would still be honored and people who need multiple wlan devices can >> still do so using existing configuration variables in rc.conf, etc. >> >> However, the out of the box experience on a new machine would be that >> 'ifconfig iwn0' would Just Work(tm) for wireless NICs as it does now for >> wired NICs, and you could just use 'ifconfig_iwn0="WPA DHCP"' in rc.conf. >> I think this is more consistent with how we present NICs to users in >> > > Love it. Yes please! -- Eitan Adler
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