Re: CFT: 802.11 vap code

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:18:58 -0700, Sam Leffler wrote
> A patch to integrate my multi-bss (aka vap) support for wireless can 
> be found here:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/~sam/vap-2008051300.sh.gz
> 

Thank You for this. 
 
> Note there are a few new drivers included: iwn (Intel 4965), bwi
> (Broadcom 43xx), and mwl (Marvell 88W8363).  The iwn driver is
> unfinished; it should support 802.11n but progress has been slow
> due to poor vendor involvement.  The bwi driver is experimental and
> folks are encouraged to help sephe get it into shape for commit (it
> currently is not ready CVS).  mwl is provided as an example of a
> working 11n driver; I'm not aware of any cardbus/pci retail products
> that use this part and firmware is presently unavailable (we could
> get firmware but since all applications are presently embedded
> anyone that would want firmware already has it).  Finally, wi users
> should note there is a rewrite of the driver that now works properly
> with wpa_supplicant and supports WPA (both in station and ap modes)
> with Intersil Prism cards and rev 1.7.0 and later firmware.  (But
> the flip side is that Symbol card support was dropped and some older
> cards may not work well w/o fixups.)

Buffalo Tech appears to have made a cardbus product that used the 88W8363 part
but their wireless products have been halted due to litigation. If one were to
find such a card on the grey market, is there still an issue with getting the
firmware or is it bundled? What about harvesting a mini-pci part from one of
their wireless APs using the same chipset? I've been holding off on buying 11n
parts until there was driver support for them and it appears that mwl is the
only driver that supports hostap and 11n at this time. 

Thanks,
 Yuri