cvs commit: src/sys/dev/wi if_wi.c

[Jeff Roberson]

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Brian F. Feldman wrote:

> Jeff Roberson <jroberson at chesapeake.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Brian Feldman wrote:
> >
> > > green       2003/11/04 15:47:19 PST
> > >
> > >   FreeBSD src repository
> > >
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sys/dev/wi           if_wi.c
> > >   Log:
> > >   Truly fix the lockup mentioned in 1.153.  The PRISM hardware is not
> > >   capable of functioning in HostAP mode with a zero-length SSID, so
> > >   use " " if one is not set.
> >
> > I think you should use some non-whitespace string.  Otherwise users wont
> > be able to tell what the ssid is if they want to refer to it specifically.
> > What about "-" or "default" instead?
>
> In the context that most users will see it, here's what the default looks
> like now:
>
> wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet6 fe80::240:36ff:fe01:b0f7%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
>         ether 00:40:36:01:b0:f7
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <flag0,hostap> (DS/2Mbps <hostap>)
>         status: associated
>         ssid " " 1:" "
>         stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node"
>         channel 3 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
>         wepmode ON weptxkey 1
>         wepkey 1:40-bit wepkey 2:40-bit wepkey 3:40-bit wepkey 4:40-bit
>
> If you still feel it should be different, I'll change it to "<default>" I
> guess, but I tried to pick the "most empty" SSID I could, in lieu of what
> would otherwise be the "completely empty" SSID.
>

Oh, no, this is fine.  I misremembered the output of ifconfig.  My fault
for not checking.

Thanks,
Jeff

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