[Bug 287632] wlan0 - create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap" wlan0 does not exist

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=287632

Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |bz@FreeBSD.org,
                   |                            |wireless@FreeBSD.org
             Blocks|                            |278175
             Status|New                         |Open

--- Comment #1 from Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org> ---
Intel wireless drivers in FreeBSD do not support hostap mode (iwi, iwn, iwm,
iwx).  LinuxKPI for iwlwifi would not either.

See Intel's statement:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000030429/wireless.html

Not entirely correct anymore but I'll leave it at that.


I would at best say that the error message is confusing but trying this with
iwx I see the following during boot:

ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2 (wlan0): Device not configured
iwx0: HOSTAP mode not supported
ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2 (wlan0): Operation not supported
ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2 (wlan101): Device not configured
...
/etc/rc: WARNING: /etc/hostapd.conf is not readable.
/etc/rc: WARNING: failed precmd routine for hostapd


I am tempted to close this as works as expected but someone might want to go
and improve the startup scripts to properly deal with this?


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=278175
[Bug 278175] Intel native driver meta-bug (iwi, iwn, iwm, iwx)
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