From owner-freebsd-arch Fri Apr 13 10:24:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1A7337B43E for ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:24:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f3DHOik19616; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:24:44 -0700 Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:24:44 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Andre Oppermann Cc: Duncan Barclay , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use of if_ef for 802.11 interfaces? Message-ID: <20010413102444.C664@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <3AD6CD6E.104C6DD9@monzoon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="DSayHWYpDlRfCAAQ" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3AD6CD6E.104C6DD9@monzoon.net>; from oppermann@monzoon.net on Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 11:57:02AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --DSayHWYpDlRfCAAQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 11:57:02AM +0200, Andre Oppermann wrote: > > A couple of practical points arise for outgoing packets revolving > > around the type of 802.11 network in use (infrastructure or adhoc) > > that would involve if_ef knowing what mode the interface is in and the > > BSSID. We have some common support for this in the form of the recent > > (uncommitted) patches to ifconfig PR25577. >=20 > Wireless support in ifconfig would be really a good thing IMHO. But > this brings the need of a well thought out interface between ifconfig > and the wireless card drivers. What, if anything, is wrong with the interface proposed in PR 25577? -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --DSayHWYpDlRfCAAQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE61zZbXY6L6fI4GtQRApY+AKC/7io9mIn5pnKpO7/uRcqfbY66ywCfWIs7 pgkZ6fSF73M5RYX4Qm/EAxw= =R5W5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DSayHWYpDlRfCAAQ-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message