802.11 monitor mode changes coming

[Sam Leffler]

Fabian Keil wrote:
> Sam Leffler <sam at errno.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> In sweeping the drivers to do these changes I've made radiotap support 
>> more consistent and improved some drivers.  Drivers not tested so far: 
>> malo, ipw, wpi, and upgt.  I tested iwi and it appears broken in that no 
>> frames are rx'd but I'm not sure I'll look at it before 8.0.
>>     
>
> I'm not sure I understand you correctly. Are you saying iwi is
> known to be completely broken and unlikely to get fixed in the
> near future, or are you only talking about the monitor mode?
>   

monitor mode did not work as expected for on my 2195 (I saw no packets 
received).

>  
>   
>> I plan to commit these changes by the end of the week.
>>     
>
> With r192468 I can no longer get iwi to associate to the AP.
> "ifconfig wlan0 list scan" shows the AP, but S:N is listed
> as -95:-95 (IIRC).
>
> It works with the old kernel from May 15 14:37:49 CEST (and the new userland).
>   

I will have to test later; these changes should not have affected sta 
mode operation.  The kernel changes did not require rebuilding world.

    Sam