Re: git: c16cd8dfe3 - main - 13.1 relnotes: Add sections derived from 13.1 RELNOTES file.
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 23:55:56 UTC
On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 5:53 PM Mike Karels <mike@karels.net> wrote: > On 12 Apr 2022, at 17:41, John Baldwin wrote: > > > On 4/11/22 6:45 AM, Mike Karels wrote: > >> The branch main has been updated by karels (src committer): > >> > >> URL: > https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=c16cd8dfe3e22dc51aa4f45c1161704046845142 > >> > >> commit c16cd8dfe3e22dc51aa4f45c1161704046845142 > >> Author: Mike Karels <karels@FreeBSD.org> > >> AuthorDate: 2022-04-10 15:19:27 +0000 > >> Commit: Mike Karels <karels@FreeBSD.org> > >> CommitDate: 2022-04-11 13:45:40 +0000 > >> > >> 13.1 relnotes: Add sections derived from 13.1 RELNOTES file. > >> Incorporate portions of the 13.1 RELNOTES file not in 13.0, > rephrase > >> without the imperative "Add ..." first lines, and add markdown. > >> NFS section reviewed by Rick Macklem; One True Awk reviewed by > Warner > >> Losh. > >> Reviewed by: gjb, pauamma_gundo.com > >> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34864 > >> --- > >> +WiFi 6 support has been added. gitref:0a6760a1de32[repository=src] > gitref:3f3676a71266[repository=src] gitref:580c04df4db6[repository=src] > > > > I suspect that this is a bit of an overstatement. These commits are all > in > > wpa_supplicant and it may be that we would support the newer auth > features > > in Wifi 6 on a driver that supported WiFi 6. However, I don't think any > of > > the wifi drivers in FreeBSD currently support 802.11ac much less Wifi 6. > > Thanks. I see that I misinterpreted a comment. I’ll ask for > clarification. > Yea, we support some of the newer protocols in the wifi stack, but don't have any MAC support > 802.11n. wifi 6 and 802.11ac generally refer to the whole stack, so I'd agree with john: we have the interop stuff to log into wifi 6 networks w/o the MAC support to get the faster speeds (and a few other crazy low-level advantages). Warner