On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 04:47:16PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: > Andrew Thompson wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 01:28:12PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: > >> Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > >>> Oh? Sounds interesting, where can I find these patches? > >> The work has always been in perforce.freebsd.org; look in the sam_wifi > >> branch. The code will not hit head until folks show up to fix legacy > >> drivers that use net80211. I got stuck holding the bag when I committed > >> the wpa support and it ain't going to happen again. > >> > > > > Do you have a list of drivers that are stalling this? > > The changes decouple scanning from the net80211 state machine so any > driver that uses ieee80211_new_state is affected: > > tubby% grep -l ieee80211_new_state */*.c > ath/if_ath.c > awi/awi.c > ipw/if_ipw.c > iwi/if_iwi.c > ral/rt2560.c > ral/rt2661.c > usb/if_ural.c > wi/if_wi.c > > I know how to convert ath and ral. iwi and ipw might not be too bad now > that they've been changed to not abuse the state machine so much. awi, > ural, and wi will break. ural might be ok after the new usb stack comes > in but that's not clear. > > So I guess I'd take responsibility for ath and ral and want help with > all other drivers.
IMO, losing awi in the process wouldn't be a big deal. We'll be maintaining 6.x until well into 2008 and all the awi cards are defunct. -- Brooks
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