[iwn]Review Split 6

[Cedric GROSS]

> De : adrian.chadd at gmail.com [mailto:adrian.chadd at gmail.com] De la part
> de Adrian Chadd
> Envoyé : dimanche 11 août 2013 19:09
> À : Cedric GROSS
> Cc : freebsd-wireless at freebsd.org
> Objet : Re: [iwn]Review Split 6
> 
> On 11 August 2013 10:06, Cedric GROSS <cg at cgross.info> wrote:
> 
> > U1 stand for unit 1.
> > As you see, all function with this prefix will be call when unit==1
> > within iwn_vap_create.
> >
> > As previously, I haven't investigate a lot this side. I plan to do so
> > when standard run will be ok.
> 
> Right. But what's going on, per se? Is it two separate NICs that show
> up as separate PCI devices? Or is this a hack so the firmware can
> present two virtual NICs via the firmware API?
> 
Not a separate PCI device but yes ability to create 2 wlan NIC :

iwn0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
        ether 60:36:dd:93:34:56
        nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng
        status: associated
wlan0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0
mtu 1500
        ether 60:36:dd:93:34:56
        inet 192.168.1.20 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11ng
        status: associated
        ssid WLenine channel 5 (2432 MHz 11g ht/20) bssid 00:24:d4:97:80:20
        country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF
        AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 15 bmiss 10 scanvalid 450 bgscan
        bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 64 protmode CTS
        ampdulimit 64k -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi wme roaming MANUAL bintval
96
wlan1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether 60:36:dd:93:34:57
        nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
        ssid "" channel 5 (2432 MHz 11g ht/20)
        country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 15 bmiss 10 scanvalid
60
        bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 64
        protmode CTS ampdulimit 8k -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi wme bintval 0