NetBSD Problem Report #43706

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From: fhmcatfm@fastmail.fm
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Subject: ral(4) man page error for mediaopt syntax, Ad-Hoc or IBSS operation
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>Number:         43706
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       ral(4) man page error for mediaopt syntax, Ad-Hoc or IBSS operation
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Aug 06 03:10:00 +0000 2010
>Last-Modified:  Sat Oct 06 06:19:23 +0000 2018
>Originator:     IdOp
>Release:        5.0.2 release
>Organization:
>Environment:
i386
>Description:
The ral(4) man page states a syntax of "mediaopt ibss", but the syntax actually supported by the driver in this case is "mediaopt adhoc".

>How-To-Repeat:
Use the "ibss" syntax with the ifconfig command.
>Fix:
At least one of the syntaxes should be changed, so that they are the same.
:)

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

Responsible-Changed-From-To: port-i386-maintainer->kern-bug-people
Responsible-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 02:42:29 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
the ral(4) driver is not i386-specific


From: David Holland <dholland-bugs@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/43706: ral(4) man page error for mediaopt syntax, Ad-Hoc or
 IBSS operation
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 10:43:04 +0000

 On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 03:10:00AM +0000, fhmcatfm@fastmail.fm wrote:
  > The ral(4) man page states a syntax of "mediaopt ibss", but the
  > syntax actually supported by the driver in this case is "mediaopt
  > adhoc".

 Can someone who knows more about 802.11 than I do clarify this?
 net/if_media.h thinks that "ibss" and "adhoc" are different, but
 net80211/ieee80211.c does not and nothing in net80211/ uses
 IFM_IEEE80211_IBSS.

 Should IFM_IEEE80211_IBSS be removed from if_media.h?

 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland@netbsd.org

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