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

[Sam Leffler]

On Tuesday 04 November 2003 08:12 pm, Brian F. Feldman wrote:
> Sam Leffler <sam at errno.com> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 04 November 2003 03:47 pm, 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.
> >
> > This depends on the firmware revision.  Hopefully you are using the
> > hard-learned experiences of the hostap (Linux) foks.
>
> BTW, there is a reference to it in the HostAP kernel driver code but not as
> to specifically which hardware it's supposed to be working around (as
> obviously we have hostap for ath(4) and wi(4) both):
> http://hostap.epitest.fi/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/hostap/driver/modules/hostap_h
>w.c?rev=1.166&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

I read the hostap mailing list.  There's been a fair amount of discussion over 
the past year about hiding SSID's including which firmware revs handle it and 
which do not (I believe the feature appeared around STA rev 1.7.1).  As I 
suggested, use their experience...

	Sam