Re: Release notes and handbook changes for identifying wireless adapters

2016-08-01 Thread Lars Engels
On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 07:31:34AM +0200, Lars Engels wrote: > On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 07:02:05AM +0800, Ben Woods wrote: > > Hi, > > > > FreeBSD wireless users who are upgrading to FreeBSD 11.0 will likely get a > > surprise when they try and identify which wireless adapters are available > > in

Re: Release notes and handbook changes for identifying wireless adapters

2016-08-01 Thread Lars Engels
On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 07:02:05AM +0800, Ben Woods wrote: > Hi, > > FreeBSD wireless users who are upgrading to FreeBSD 11.0 will likely get a > surprise when they try and identify which wireless adapters are available > in their computer by using ifconfig. Neither the FreeBSD 11 release notes >

Re: Release notes and handbook changes for identifying wireless adapters

2016-08-01 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 1 Aug 2016, Shawn Webb wrote: The discussion on this is too late for code changes to 11.0-RELEASE, but this should be documented loud and clear. The difficulty here is that now we have to document different methods for different versions, which makes it harder for new users *and*

Re: Release notes and handbook changes for identifying wireless adapters

2016-08-01 Thread Shawn Webb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On August 1, 2016 7:02:05 PM EDT, Ben Woods wrote: >Hi, > >FreeBSD wireless users who are upgrading to FreeBSD 11.0 will likely >get a >surprise when they try and identify which wireless adapters are >available >in their

Release notes and handbook changes for identifying wireless adapters

2016-08-01 Thread Ben Woods
Hi, FreeBSD wireless users who are upgrading to FreeBSD 11.0 will likely get a surprise when they try and identify which wireless adapters are available in their computer by using ifconfig. Neither the FreeBSD 11 release notes or the FreeBSD handbook currently explain this change. For example,