From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Dec 21 16:56: 8 2000 From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 21 16:56:06 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from volatile.chemikals.org (ci391991-a.grnvle1.sc.home.com [24.9.31.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AC0937B400 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:56:05 -0800 (PST) Received: (from morganw@localhost) by volatile.chemikals.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBM0u1C92004; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 19:56:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from morganw) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 19:56:01 -0500 (EST) From: Wesley Morgan To: Peter Seebach Cc: Subject: Re: WaveLan-like cards and wi0 In-Reply-To: <200012192248.QAA01057@guild.plethora.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a bit off the topic, but I have been contemplating wireless ethernet for a while and one thing has always eluded me -- exactly what cards are supported and under what driver? I know of several cards, but you mention the linksys and d-link cards... Are those just wavelan copycats? Is there a list anywhere cross referencing manufacturer and driver? On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Peter Seebach wrote: > I'm actually debugging a NetBSD driver, but the drivers are fairly similar, > and code is likely to get shared. > > Summary: I'm adding support for specific PRISM 2 cards to NetBSD's wi0 > driver. If the support works, it may be of some use in FreeBSD too. > > The problem: If an Apple Airport changes configuration state within hearing > distance of the BSD box, *boom*, the card stops responding to anything until > it's reset. Everything always times out (busy bit stays set). This applies > to: > * Airport turned on > * Airport turned off > * Airport changed from looking for a base station to > computer-to-computer (read infrastructure to ad-hoc) > Note that I'm talking about an airport card, *not* a base station. > > If the Mac is not using Airport, my pair of BSD boxes can talk fine. If > the Mac is using airport, they can talk fine. If it switches state, they > both die. > > This is both Linksys and D-Link cards, but they're really just generic PRISM 2 > cards, no special magic. > > I've checked every interrupt bit; the only interrupts I'm masking out right > now are the clock tick and the command done interrupt, and those only because > they happen all the time anyway. Neither seems like it should be relevant. > > BTW, I'm not normally on this list, and I'm not much of a kernel guy. Please > be patient with me. :) > > -s > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > -- _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ Wesley N Morgan _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ morganw@chemikals.org _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power To Serve _ |___/___/___/ 6bone: 3ffe:1ce3:7::b4ff:fe53:c297 Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message