Re: ATHCTRL for ATH

Daniel Dvořák wrote:
> I am sorry but I don´t understand about modular ifconfig and about "to phase
> out those sorts of programs out". But I am agree about that would be a
> question for Sam.
> 
> So we have to wait now.
> 

It's quite simple, there is (and have been) numerous programs to
configure different types of network interfaces (wicontrol, gifconfig,
raycontrol, etc...).
The goal is to phase out all these small programs and allow ifconfig to
do their job instead.
A modular ifconfig allows this without turning the ifconfig code into a
bloated, un-maintainable pile of junk.

In essence, if those "ack+cts" settings you ask for were to be
comitted into the source tree, I guess they would be added to
ifconfig(8) and not as a separate tool.
(Maybe ifconfig already supports this...)

	Fredrik Lindberg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Brooks Davis
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 3:51 AM
> To: dandee_at_volny.cz
> Cc: freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: ATHCTRL for ATH
> 
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 03:32:15AM +0200, Daniel Dvorak wrote:
> 
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I have one question for you. My friend use Linux Debian and he use atheros
>>cards with madwifi drivers. Sam work together with others developers and I
>>found out that he committed interesting tool for linux users.
>>
>>This tool is athctrl, which you know "athctrl program that sets the
> 
> ack+cts
> 
>>timeouts based on the distance between two stations". And I think that
> 
> this
> 
>>feature is useful not only for linux users but of course for users of
> 
> others
> 
>>os like FreeBSD etc. 
>>
>>So, I do not know why the tool is not in main tree fbsd, maybe there is
>>reason for this and I do not know. Which it is my mistake, so if it is
> 
> true,
> 
>>I am sorry. Of course, I could not imagine how much work somebody has to
> 
> do
> 
>>for this, but I would like to only ask if possible now before final
> 
> release
> 
>>6.0 or in the future.
>>
>>Does somebody think somebody could commit this tool for FreeBSD users ?
> 
> 
> It's unlikely athctrl will be commited because we're attempting to phase
> those sorts of programs out in favor of a modular ifconfig.  It's not
> clear to me if we the support or not at this point.  That would be a
> question for Sam, but he's on vacation at the moment.
> 
> -- Brooks
>