From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 28 10:09:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CC4537B407; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:09:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45A1C43F85; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:09:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bmah@employees.org) Received: from bmah.dyndns.org (12-240-204-110.client.attbi.com[12.240.204.110]) by sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02) with ESMTP id <2003042817093500200o1v0be>; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:09:35 +0000 Received: from intruder.bmah.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bmah.dyndns.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3SH9YxV092216; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:09:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bmah@intruder.bmah.org) Message-Id: <200304281709.h3SH9YxV092216@bmah.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "Sam Leffler" In-Reply-To: <06ee01c30da7$5027c8f0$52557f42@errno.com> References: <200304281637.h3SGbcEM082652@repoman.freebsd.org> <200304281646.h3SGkQxV091642@bmah.dyndns.org> <06d501c30da6$dad8a830$52557f42@errno.com> <06ee01c30da7$5027c8f0$52557f42@errno.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Sam Leffler" message dated "Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:57:54 -0700." From: "Bruce A. Mah" X-Face: g~c`.{#4q0"(V*b#g[i~rXgm*w;:nMfz%_RZLma)UgGN&=j`5vXoU^@n5v4:OO)c["!w)nD/!!~e4Sj7LiT'6*wZ83454H""lb{CC%T37O!!'S$S&D}sem7I[A 2V%N&+ X-Image-Url: http://www.employees.org/~bmah/Images/bmah-cisco-small.gif X-Url: http://www.employees.org/~bmah/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-1163217060P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:09:34 -0700 Sender: bmah@employees.org cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.c ifconfig.h ifmedia.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: bmah@FreeBSD.org List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:09:38 -0000 --==_Exmh_-1163217060P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, "Sam Leffler" wrote: > > > Dumb question: How is this conceptually different from "media" and > > "mediaopt"? > > > > You need an additional mechanism for selecting between 11a/b/g on > multi-mode > > devices. All such devices have a media of "802.11" and mediaopt isn't > > appropriate because it's orthogonal. The easiest way to see the problem > is > > to ask how you would specify OFDM at 54Mb/s in the 2.4Ghz range (i.e. > 11g). > > With the current media and mediaopts you have no way. With this addition > > you specify this by adding "mode 11g". There's still some issues with > "pure > > 11g" vs "11g" (pure means no 11b rates are supported and you don't have to > > worry about supporting both 11b and "purge g" stations on the same AP) but > > I'm going to avoid that until my 11g stuff is all committed. > > FWIW, I tried making this stuff fit in media and mediaopts but it just > didn't work. I've also been in touch with netbsd folks about this and > they've had no alternative suggestions so I'm going with this scheme for > now. I'm happy to change it if someone comes up with a better idea. Great, thanks for the explanation. Bruce. --==_Exmh_-1163217060P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE+rWBO2MoxcVugUsMRAv8YAJ9qK6bcjw1dol7CwLnjKUEZpdF65wCfTYug WDKm6NXNZtoMdhdzyfDU/LE= =KioD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1163217060P--