Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:35:54 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@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: <9238703.p5asNz0dlH@ralph.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmokjkZX%2BDmE-UxXkem81vo5u8Rim3j_idnnFKP3z6WFO_A@mail.gmail.com> References: <1815820.OytfPhNq3X@ralph.baldwin.cx> <2930763.7FbKMgYveJ@ralph.baldwin.cx> <CAJ-VmokjkZX%2BDmE-UxXkem81vo5u8Rim3j_idnnFKP3z6WFO_A@mail.gmail.com>
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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 no= t > >> having > >> them in a system at all for 8 years. And they were about 4 years o= bsolete > >> 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. > >>=20 > >> Sorry I can=E2=80=99t help more :) > >=20 > > If no one tests them then I will happily toss the driver into the d= ustbin, > > just giving folks a chance to test patches before I do so. (I'm se= cretly > > hoping I can purge several old drivers during the current round of > > timeout() purging.) >=20 > The wavelan/prism driver no longer works out of the box and hasn't > since I took over the net80211 stack. >=20 > 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. :( >=20 > So yes, you have a +1 to disconnect the wavelan driver from the build= . I think you are referring to wi(4)? --=20 John Baldwin
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