iwn and hostap

[Patrick Lahni]

On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com>wrote:

> I won't be MFC'ing any ath(4) work to -8.
>
> That way -8 acts as a regression test against the stuff that's in -HEAD.
>
> since -9 is coming out soon, I don't feel like trying to manage -HEAD,
> -9 -and -8 ath(4) code. :)
>
>
>
> adrian
>
> On 27 June 2011 07:25, cykotix <cyko at cykotix.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Just make sure you run -HEAD.
> >>
> >>
> >> Adrian
> >>
> >> On 27 June 2011 06:22, cykotix <cyko at cykotix.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com
> >
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On 26 June 2011 23:26, Patrick Lahni <list at cykotix.com> wrote:
> >> >> > Adhoc is supported.  According to iwn(4):
> >> >> >
> >> >> > iwn supports station, adhoc, and monitor mode operation.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I wasn't sure if that means, just for now?  Or is hostap not
> planned
> >> >> > for
> >> >> > these cards supported by iwn?
> >> >>
> >> >> The card runs closed-source firmware which we can't get to the
> insides
> >> >> of. I don't know the exact details, but there may be some features
> >> >> which we can't really get to in order to support proper hostap modes.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> adrian
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Makes sense.  Hopefully I'll have better luck with a AR9280 instead.
> >> > Thanks
> >> > for the input.
> >> >
> >> > Patrick
> >
> > I realize this is off topic now, but can I run -HEAD until this is MFC'd
> and
> > move back to -STABLE at that point?  Or is that not really recommended.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
>

Makes sense.  I guess I can run -HEAD until -9RELEASE then.  Thanks again
for all your help.

Patrick