ipw in 8.0-BETA1

[James Butler]

2009/7/18 Sam Leffler <sam at errno.com>:
> James Butler wrote:
>>
>> Greetings
>>
>> Are ipw devices expected to work in 8.0-BETA1? Mine apparently
>> doesn't. I have updated my rc.conf according to the instructions in
>> UPDATING relating to wlans; the wlan0 interface is created, but
>> wpa_supplicant doesn't associate.
>>
>> I ask after seeing this snippet from the list back in March:
>>
>>> Unfortunately the vap conversion of the ipw driver never was completed
>>> (it's the only driver in the tree that is known to be totally broken).
>>>  It's on
>>> my todo list for 8.0 but would happily defer to someone else :).
>>
>> If the answer is yes, then I'll try a little harder.
>
> Sorry the driver never got fixed after conversion to vaps; it's on the 8.0
> TODO list.  I'm not sure it's going to be fixed before 8.0.

OK thanks for the reply, and TIA for whenever you're able to fix it.

-James