Re: RFC: proposed patch for /usr/src/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.c

2005-10-28 Thread Daniel O'Connor 
On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 05:59, James Long wrote:
> > > # ifconfig ath0 list scan
> > > ifconfig: list: bad value
> > > #
> >
> > Er weird..
> > Is this in 6.0 or 5.x?
>
> FreeBSD t21.museum.rain.com 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Mon Oct 24
> 12:49:5 5 PDT 2005
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/T21  i386

Ahh that explains it..
Continue using wicontrol :)

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Re: RFC: proposed patch for /usr/src/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.c

2005-10-28 Thread James Long 
> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:05, James Long wrote:
> > > Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:05:23 +0930
> > > From: "Daniel O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: Re: RFC: proposed patch for
> > >   /usr/src/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.c
> > >
> > > > The command I use most is wicontrol -L
> > >
> > > Try ifconfig ath0 list scan
> >
> > # ifconfig ath0 list scan
> > ifconfig: list: bad value
> > #
> 
> Er weird..
> Is this in 6.0 or 5.x?

FreeBSD t21.museum.rain.com 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Mon Oct 24 12:49:5
5 PDT 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/T21  i386

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Re: RFC: proposed patch for /usr/src/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.c

2005-10-27 Thread Daniel O'Connor 
On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:05, James Long wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:05:23 +0930
> > From: "Daniel O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: RFC: proposed patch for
> > /usr/src/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.c
> >
> > > The command I use most is wicontrol -L
> >
> > Try ifconfig ath0 list scan
>
> # ifconfig ath0 list scan
> ifconfig: list: bad value
> #

Er weird..
Is this in 6.0 or 5.x?

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Re: RFC: proposed patch for /usr/src/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.c

2005-10-27 Thread James Long 
> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:05:23 +0930
> From: "Daniel O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: RFC: proposed patch for
>   /usr/src/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.c
> 
> > The command I use most is wicontrol -L
> 
> Try ifconfig ath0 list scan

# ifconfig ath0 list scan
ifconfig: list: bad value
#
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Re: RFC: proposed patch for /usr/src/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.c

2005-10-26 Thread Daniel O'Connor 
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:31, James Long wrote:
> > wicontrol is obsolete and you should not need to use it, particularly
> > for ath(4) devices.  Why are you using it?  Is some feature you need
> > missing from ifconfig?
>
> The command I use most is wicontrol -L

Try ifconfig ath0 list scan

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Re: RFC: proposed patch for /usr/src/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.c

2005-10-26 Thread James Long 
> wicontrol is obsolete and you should not need to use it, particularly
> for ath(4) devices.  Why are you using it?  Is some feature you need
> missing from ifconfig?

The command I use most is wicontrol -L

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Re: RFC: proposed patch for /usr/src/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.c

2005-10-26 Thread Brooks Davis 
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 03:20:47PM -0700, James Long wrote:
> wicontrol.c defaults to the "wi" interface.  I used to have a
> wi device, but it eventually took a dump and I bought a new
> ath-based card, which works flawlessly AFAIK, after four months
> or so.
> 
> But I grow weary of having to specify "-i ath0" every time I
> run wicontrol.
> 
> Please review the following patch to /usr/src/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.c
> which modifies wicontrol to look for an environment variable
> WI_IFACE and if set, take the interface name from that variable.
> If unset, the interface name defaults to "wi0" just as before, 
> which hopefully will make this POLA compliant.  Googling for 
> "WI_IFACE" I find no indications that this variable name already 
> is in use for anything else.
> 
> Apologies in advance for the simple diff output patch.

wicontrol is obsolete and you should not need to use it, particularly
for ath(4) devices.  Why are you using it?  Is some feature you need
missing from ifconfig?

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