Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 08:10:14 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> To: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 802.11 monitor mode changes coming Message-ID: <4A156ED6.5060801@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20090521170637.73619418@fabiankeil.de> References: <4A11A08B.6090309@errno.com> <20090521170637.73619418@fabiankeil.de>
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Fabian Keil wrote:
> Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> wrote:
>
>
>> In sweeping the drivers to do these changes I've made radiotap support
>> more consistent and improved some drivers. Drivers not tested so far:
>> malo, ipw, wpi, and upgt. I tested iwi and it appears broken in that no
>> frames are rx'd but I'm not sure I'll look at it before 8.0.
>>
>
> I'm not sure I understand you correctly. Are you saying iwi is
> known to be completely broken and unlikely to get fixed in the
> near future, or are you only talking about the monitor mode?
>
monitor mode did not work as expected for on my 2195 (I saw no packets
received).
>
>
>> I plan to commit these changes by the end of the week.
>>
>
> With r192468 I can no longer get iwi to associate to the AP.
> "ifconfig wlan0 list scan" shows the AP, but S:N is listed
> as -95:-95 (IIRC).
>
> It works with the old kernel from May 15 14:37:49 CEST (and the new userland).
>
I will have to test later; these changes should not have affected sta
mode operation. The kernel changes did not require rebuilding world.
Sam
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