From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 19 13:20:01 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6E7F930 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:20:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A50B8266 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r2JDK1wk018548 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:20:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.6/Submit) id r2JDK1g2018547; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:20:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:20:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201303191320.r2JDK1g2018547@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Hiren Panchasara Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CA08919 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:18:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2707D255 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:18:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r2JDIu0K005141 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:18:56 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id r2JDIubX005140; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:18:56 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201303191318.r2JDIubX005140@red.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:18:56 GMT From: Hiren Panchasara To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Subject: misc/177106: [patch] fix the manpage as iwn does not support adhoc mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:20:01 -0000 >Number: 177106 >Category: misc >Synopsis: [patch] fix the manpage as iwn does not support adhoc mode >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 19 13:20:01 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Hiren Panchasara >Release: current >Organization: >Environment: 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0 r247409M >Description: sbruno@ and I were tinkering with iwn found out that it does not support adhoc mode: # ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 wlanmode adhoc ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Operation not supported dmesg shows: iwn0: IBSS mode not supported Which seems correct looking at the code from $src/sys/dev/iwn/if_iwn.c: 584 #if 0 585 | IEEE80211_C_IBSS /* ibss/adhoc mode */ 586 #endif Here is the patch to reflect that in man page. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Index: share/man/man4/iwn.4 =================================================================== --- share/man/man4/iwn.4 (revision 248448) +++ share/man/man4/iwn.4 (working copy) @@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ .Nm supports .Cm station , -.Cm adhoc , and .Cm monitor mode operation. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: