On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 01:52:16PM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > Hi! > > > But wat is very strange for me is that I do not see ath0 device on ifconfig: > > The listing of the hardware specific interfaces, like ath0 etc > was removed in 11. > > There's a sysctl for it now, I don't remember which one 8-( > > -- > pi_at_opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 4 years to go ! See freebsd-stable: > sysctl net.wlan.devices -- Christian Schwarz ---- From: Ben Woods <woodsb02_at_gmail.com> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 07:02:05 +0800 Message-ID: <CAOc73CCHdeNhKZA2ahUAiOPK8dTERuRYsBBMokzgjGHCWQQj-g_at_mail.gmail.com> Subject: Release notes and handbook changes for identifying wireless adapters To: freebsd-stable_at_freebsd.org List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code <freebsd-stable.freebsd.org> ender: owner-freebsd-stable_at_freebsd.org Hi, FreeBSD wireless users who are upgrading to FreeBSD 11.0 will likely get a surprise when they try and identify which wireless adapters are available in their computer by using ifconfig. Neither the FreeBSD 11 release notes or the FreeBSD handbook currently explain this change. For example, if you have an atheros wireless driver, you would previously be able to see it using ifconfig, even before configuring the wlan0 clone device. % ifconfig | grep -B3 -i wireless That was changed with commit r287197: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=287197 The new way to show which wireless adapter is available is: % sysctl net.wlan.devices Whilst the configuration in /etc/rc.conf required to activate a wireless adapter has not changed, people may run into the hurdle of not even finding which wireless adapter to configure in the first place. This can be seen here: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203271 Regards, BenReceived on Wed Aug 03 2016 - 10:03:45 UTC
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