On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 8:12 PM Rodney W. Grimes <free...@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
> > Author: avos > > Date: Mon Mar 11 01:27:01 2019 > > New Revision: 344990 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/344990 > > > > Log: > > Fix ieee80211_radiotap(9) usage in wireless drivers: > > > > - Alignment issues: > > * Add missing __packed attributes + padding across all drivers; in > > most places there was an assumption that padding will be always > > minimally suitable; in few places - e.g., in urtw(4) / rtwn(4) - > > padding was just missing. > > * Add __aligned(8) attribute for all Rx radiotap headers since they > can > > contain 64-bit TSF timestamp; it cannot appear in Tx radiotap headers, > so > > just drop the attribute here. Refresh ieee80211_radiotap(9) man page > > accordingly. > > > > - Since net80211 automatically updates channel frequency / flags in > > ieee80211_radiotap_chan_change() drop duplicate setup for these fields > > in drivers. > > > > Tested with Netgear WG111 v3 (urtw(4)), STA mode. > > > > MFC after: 2 weeks > > Isnt this going to seriously break module load compatibility > due to struct size and alignment changes if you merge this to stable/12? > It looks like all these changes are within the modules, not in the KBI... It looks like this will make things work better on architectures that don't like unaligned accesses. It seems like modules that aren't updated don't work today on those architectures... Warner > > Modified: > > head/share/man/man9/ieee80211_radiotap.9 > > head/sys/dev/ath/if_athioctl.h > > head/sys/dev/bwi/if_bwi.c > > head/sys/dev/bwi/if_bwivar.h > > head/sys/dev/bwn/if_bwn.c > > head/sys/dev/bwn/if_bwnvar.h > ... > > > -- > Rod Grimes > rgri...@freebsd.org > > _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
