iwn & Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 support in 10-stable

[Ronald Klop]

On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 23:08:36 +0200, Oliver Pinter  
<oliver.pinter at hardenedbsd.org> wrote:

> On 6/15/15, Ronald Klop <ronald-lists at klop.ws> wrote:
>> On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:25:23 +0200, Oliver Pinter
>> <oliver.pinter at hardenedbsd.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/3/15, Ronald Klop <ronald-lists at klop.ws> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I see support for the 6235 in iwn(4) is committed in Dec 2013 to  
>>>> CURRENT
>>>> [1]. I would like to buy one of these for a reasonable price [2]. Will
>>>> it
>>>> be easy to use the driver from current in 10-stable? Or is there a
>>>> reason
>>>> support for this hardware is not MFC'ed?
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=259116
>>>> [2]
>>>> http://www.routercenter.nl/product/294857/intel-centrino-advanced-n-6235.html
>>>>
>>>> A recommendation for a better supported card is also welcome.
>>>
>>> Hi Ronald!
>>>
>>> Try this branch:
>>> https://github.com/opntr/opBSD/tree/op/stable/10-stable-hbsd-iwn .
>>>
>>> I backported most of the net80211 and iwn related changes till 2014.
>>> August to 10-STABLE in this branch.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The card is ordered. Will try your branch soon. Is there more in that
>> branch or only WiFi changes?
>
> The changes are ontop of HardenedBSD, so there are many of changes.
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ronald.
>>


Oliver,

Thanks for your info. In the end I decided to go with 11-CURRENT which is  
running ok with this wifi network card while I'm typing this.

Regards,
Ronald.