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author | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-06-11 04:06:50 +0000 |
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committer | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-06-11 04:06:50 +0000 |
commit | 65288aec3302bb4eed13efa141f1da570002425e (patch) | |
tree | 8f799a9cfa959eda23a41f5992139c99e2bccc18 /UPDATING | |
parent | f467c70443a536d2ed3b77f11cb72461c2e77687 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-65288aec3302bb4eed13efa141f1da570002425e.zip FreeBSD-src-65288aec3302bb4eed13efa141f1da570002425e.tar.gz |
note 802.11 changes
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@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 7.x IS SLOW: to maximize performance. 20070610: + The net80211 layer has changed significantly and all wireless + drivers that depend on it need to be recompiled. Further these + changes require that any program that interacts with the wireless + support in the kernel be recompiled; this includes: ifconfig, + wpa_supplicant, hostapd, and wlanstats. Users must also, for + the moment, kldload the wlan_scan_sta and/or wlan_scan_ap modules + if they use modules for wireless support. These modules implement + scanning support for station and ap modes, respectively. Failure + to load the appropriate module before marking a wireless interface + up will result in a message to the console and the device not + operating properly. + +20070610: The pam_nologin(8) module ceases to provide an authentication function and starts providing an account management function. Consequent changes to /etc/pam.d should be brought in using |