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1: == FLAG DAY: WiFi for GLDv3
2: 
3: {{{
4: 
5: Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:53:23 -0500
6: From: Peter Memishian <peter.memishian at sun dot com>
7: To: onnv-gate at onnv dot eng dot sun dot com, on-all at eng dot sun dot com
8: Subject: FLAG DAY: WiFi for GLDv3
9: 
10: Gatelings,
11: 
12: The recent integration of:
13: 
14:   PSARC/2006/406 WiFi for GLDv3
15:   PSARC/2006/517 WiFi for GLDv3 Addendum
16:   PSARC/2006/623 WiFi for GLDv3 Addendum #2
17: 
18: ... represents a flag day for build machines, incremental builds, and
19: machines with persistent link aggregations that will be BFU’d.
20: Specifically:
21: 
22:   1. A new username and uid ("dladm" and 15) have been reserved for system
23:      use.  As such, you must upgrade your build machine to a SUNWonbld
24:      package built after 10/24 to ensure builds will continue to work.
25: 
26:      Builds with "t" in NIGHTLY_OPTIONS will continue to work, regardless
27:      of the vintage of the SUNWonbld package.  (In general, use of "t" is
28:      strongly recommended to avoid build tool flag days like this.)
29: 
30:   2. Because aggregation.conf has moved from /etc to /etc/dladm,
31:      incremental builds will fail unless $ROOT/etc/aggregation.conf is
32:      removed before starting the incremental build.  Alternatively, you
33:      can just blow away the whole proto area.
34: 
35:   3. If you configured link aggregations using "dladm create-aggr" and
36:      plan to use BFU, please use the updated BFU we putback.  If you
37:      don’t, after you BFU you will need to manually add the contents of
38:      /etc/aggregation.conf to /etc/dladm/aggregation.conf, or your
39:      persistent link aggregations won’t be brought up upon reboot.
40: 
41: This remainder of this email is a heads-up.  Note that wificonfig(1M) has
42: *not* been removed at this time, but dladm(1M) is now the preferred way to
43: administer WiFi links.  If you’re interested in giving dladm a spin,
44: materials and preliminary manpages can be found at:
45: 
46:   http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/caselog/2006/623/
47: 
48: The EXAMPLES section of dladm(1M) shows how to connect to WiFi networks.
49: Complete end-user documentation is in progress and will be available
50: through Solaris Express soon.
51: 
52: Those looking for context and rationale behind the dladm subcommands and
53: WiFi administration as a whole are encouraged to read:
54: 
55:   http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/caselog/2006/623/materials/dladm-wifi.pdf
56: 
57: Of note is that dladm by itself is not intended to subsume wificonfig, but
58: rather to eventually be used in concert with Network Auto-Magic (NWAM); see
59: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nwam.
60: 
61: In addition to the aforementioned dladm enhancements, this putback adds a
62: WiFi kernel framework and library APIs to enable additional WiFi drivers
63: and technologies to be smoothly incorporated into Solaris.  As such, the
64: iwi, ipw, pcwl, pcan, and rtw drivers have already been ported to use the
65: new common layers and will be integrated into Nevada as testing resources
66: permit.  In addition, WPA/Personal support in Nevada is on the horizon.
67: For much more on this project and future plans, please see the materials
68: for PSARC/2006/623, which describes the latest WiFi architecture.
69: 
70: Some of you may be using additional WiFi drivers or alternate wificonfig
71: binaries from opensolaris.org or from frkit.  Those drivers can also be
72: administered using dladm, and those wificonfig binaries can administer the
73: Atheros driver updated by this putback.  However, please note that the
74: Atheros driver in ON is now the most up-to-date and should be preferred.
75: 
76: If you have questions or comments, please send mail to wifi-dladm at sun dot com.
77: Bugs should be filed against driver/wifi, kernel/gld, or network/dladm as
78: appropriate.
79: 
80: ~--
81: meem
82: 
83: }}}
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