[Madwifi-devel] Re: Stuck beacon patch, new HAL

[Daniel S. <da...@pr...>]

> From: Jean Lorchat <lo...@cl...>
> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:23:29 +0100
> 
> How about we split the work. The main point of Mike against this 
> methodology is the amount of time required. However, there is no need to 
> be a kenel developer to test different cvs snapshots. We all agree that 
> this would require a lot of time, but if you have some extra time to 
> spend on this testing, we would be happy to help examining the commit 
> that screw things up.... once you isolate it.

I'd be perfectly happy to test code if it weren't for the fact that I'm 
living in Berlin, and my server is living in Auckland, New Zealand. 
Without going into the reasons for this unusual setup (apart from the 
fact that NZ is my home country), I'm not that keen on locking up or 
kernel panicking a machine which is about 15,000km away from me. Last 
time I tried a CVS update I had to troubleshoot this box from Madrid - 
not much fun. The May '04 CVS driver I'm running works like a charm, but 
doesn't support WPA, and is preventing me from upgrading that server to 
a 2.6 kernel, since the madwifi driver I have won't compile with 2.6. 
For that matter, does the current CVS compile with a 2.4 kernel, or is 
this going to turn into a chicken-or-egg problem?

> Another thing to keep in mind though, is that madwifi is evolving very 
> fast and even if we could find the "patch when it all began", the fix 
> might prove hard to design...

Agreed.

> Much more interesting a question would be (let's hope Sam is still 
> reading :^) ) whether the FreeBSD version of the driver is affected by 
> the SBP or not ? Because if it is not, it would sound like we have an 
> interesting project for a software engineering class !!
> 
> BTW, maybe the latest HAL fixed some stuff as Jonas suggested...

Somebody asked on the -users list whether the new HAL fixed SBP. And 
Sebastian Weitzel says there will be a major update soon, which 
incorporates a solution. Sebastian, if you're reading this, do you care 
to elaborate?