I'm working on a project with a local group that involves running a bunch
of systems in Ad-Hoc mode to form a mesh network. I was hoping to join my
daily driver to the mesh, but I'm not seeing any way to get Ad-Hoc/IBSS
mode enabled on athn(4) or any of the USB (urtw, urtnw, run) WiFi adapters
I have kicking around.

Checking man pages of the wifi drivers and ifmedia(4), It looks like the
support just isn't there. If that's the case, I'll pursue another route.
I'm hoping I'm just missing something obvious. Ideas?

ifconfig athn0 media:
athn0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        lladdr 00:26:4d:c3:a6:b0
        priority: 4
        groups: wlan
        media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS1 mode 11g)
        status: no network
        ieee80211: nwid HiR wpakey <not displayed> wpaprotos wpa1,wpa2
wpaakms psk wpaciphers tkip,ccmp wpagroupcipher tkip
        supported media:
                media autoselect
                media autoselect mediaopt hostap
                media autoselect mediaopt monitor
                media autoselect mode 11b
                media autoselect mode 11b mediaopt hostap
                media autoselect mode 11b mediaopt monitor
                media autoselect mode 11g
                media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt monitor

dmesg:
OpenBSD 5.9 (GENERIC.MP) #1616: Fri Feb 26 01:28:13 MST 2016
    dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP
cpu0: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N455 @ 1.66GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.67
GHz
cpu0:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,NXE,LONG,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,LAHF,PERF,SENSOR
real mem  = 2136285184 (2037MB)
avail mem = 2082795520 (1986MB)
mpath0 at root
scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: date 06/03/10, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfdc30, SMBIOS rev. 2.5
@ 0xdc010 (21 entries)
bios0: vendor TOSHIBA version "V1.70" date 06/03/2010
bios0: TOSHIBA TOSHIBA NB305
acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP TCPA HPET MCFG SLIC APIC BOOT SSDT SSDT SSDT
acpi0: wakeup devices EXP1(S4) EXP2(S4) PXS3(S4) EXP4(S4) PCIB(S3) USB1(S3)
USB2(S0) USB3(S3) USB4(S0) EUSB(S3)
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
cpu0: apic clock running at 166MHz
cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.2.0.2, IBE
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N455 @ 1.66GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.67
GHz
cpu1:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,NXE,LONG,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,LAHF,PERF,SENSOR
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 5 (EXP1)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 7 (EXP2)
acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 9 (EXP3)
acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (EXP4)
acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 17 (PCIB)
acpiec0 at acpi0
acpicpu0 at acpi0: !C3(100@100 mwait.3@0x30), !C2(500@20 mwait.1@0x10),
C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu1 at acpi0: !C3(100@100 mwait.3@0x30), !C2(500@20 mwait.1@0x10),
C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online
acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT1 serial 41167 type Li-Ion oem "TOSHIBA"
acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID0
acpibtn1 at acpi0: PWRB
acpivideo0 at acpi0: IGD0
acpivout0 at acpivideo0: LCD_
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xda00! 0xce000/0x1000 0xdc000/0x4000!
cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1663 MHz: speeds: 1667, 1333, 1000 MHz
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
0:28:2: bridge mem address conflict 0xf0500000/0x100000
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Pineview DMI" rev 0x00
inteldrm0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel Pineview Video" rev 0x00
drm0 at inteldrm0
intagp0 at inteldrm0
agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xd0000000, size 0x10000000
inteldrm0: msi
inteldrm0: 1024x600
wsdisplay0 at inteldrm0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation)
"Intel Pineview Video" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured
azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801GB HD Audio" rev 0x02: msi
azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC272
audio0 at azalia0
ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 16
pci1 at ppb0 bus 5
ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 17
pci2 at ppb1 bus 7
athn0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR9285" rev 0x01: apic 2 int 17
athn0: AR9285 rev 2 (1T1R), ROM rev 14, address 00:26:4d:c3:a6:b0
ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 18
pci3 at ppb2 bus 9
9:0:0: mem address conflict 0xf0520000/0x1000
9:0:0: mem address conflict 0xf0510000/0x10000
re0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8101E" rev 0x02: RTL8102EL (0x2480),
msi, address 88:ae:1d:46:a1:1d
rlphy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1
uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 23
uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 19
uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 18
uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 16
ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 23
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
ppb3 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xe2
pci4 at ppb3 bus 17
pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel NM10 LPC" rev 0x02
ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801GR AHCI" rev 0x02: msi, AHCI 1.1
ahci0: port 0: 3.0Gb/s
ahci0: PHY offline on port 1
ahci0: PHY offline on port 2
ahci0: PHY offline on port 3
scsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targets
sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, Hitachi HTS54502, PB2O> SCSI3 0/direct
fixed naa.5000cca5f4d7c568
sd0: 238475MB, 512 bytes/sector, 488397168 sectors
ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801GB SMBus" rev 0x02: apic 2
int 19
iic0 at ichiic0
spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 2GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600 SO-DIMM
usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0
uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pms0: Synaptics touchpad, firmware 7.2
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
spkr0 at pcppi0
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
umass0 at uhub0 port 4 configuration 1 interface 0 "Generic USB2.0-CRW" rev
2.00/58.89 addr 2
umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
scsibus2 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0
sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <Generic-, Multi-Card, 1.00> SCSI0 0/direct
removable serial.0bda0158114173400000
uvideo0 at uhub0 port 8 configuration 1 interface 0 "Image Processor USB
2.0 PC Cam" rev 2.00/3.17 addr 3
video0 at uvideo0
vscsi0 at root
scsibus3 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
scsibus4 at softraid0: 256 targets
root on sd0a (3c554f9a29b41b90.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b

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