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| version 1.8, 2020/05/06 12:55:06 | version 1.9, 2020/05/06 13:06:43 | ||
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| <li>IEEE 802.11 wireless stack improvements and bugfixes: | <li>IEEE 802.11 wireless stack improvements and bugfixes: | ||
| <ul> | <ul> | ||
| <li>Fixed a problem in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwn">iwn(4)</a> | |||
| where the link gets stuck since every CCMP encrypted frame is | |||
| discarded by the AP as a replay. | |||
| <li>Fixed an automatic Tx rate control issue in <a | <li>Fixed an automatic Tx rate control issue in <a | ||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwn">iwn(4)</a>. | href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwn">iwn(4)</a>. | ||
| <li>Fixed a bug where outstanding frames on the <a | <li>Fixed a bug where outstanding frames on the <a | ||
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| <li>Implemented a workaround for missing Tx completion interrupts | <li>Implemented a workaround for missing Tx completion interrupts | ||
| in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a> which could lead | in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a> which could lead | ||
| to failed decisions to roam to other APs. | to failed decisions to roam to other APs. | ||
| <li>Reenabled firmware-based Tx retries at lower rates for <a | <li>Reenabled firmware-based Tx retries at lower rates for <a | ||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a>, reducing packet loss. | href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a>, reducing packet loss. | ||
| <li>Enabled DQA mode for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a>. | |||
| <li>Added support for <a | |||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a> firmware paging, | |||
| required for newer 8k device firmware. | |||
| <li>Added support for MSI-X for <a | |||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a> devices. | |||
| <li>Computed RSSI on 9k <a | |||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a> devices as for previous | |||
| generations, fixing spurious signal strength values of over 100%. | |||
| <li>Fixed an automatic Tx rate control issue in <a | <li>Fixed an automatic Tx rate control issue in <a | ||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a> and <a | href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a> and <a | ||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwx">iwx(4)</a>. | href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwx">iwx(4)</a>. | ||
| <li>Fixed MIMO rates with firmware-based rate scaling in <a | |||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a>. | |||
| <li>Added support for dynamic queue allocation (DQA) to <a | |||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a>. | |||
| <li>Worked around a race condition in <a | <li>Worked around a race condition in <a | ||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a> interrupt handling, and | href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm">iwm(4)</a> Rx interrupt handling. | ||
| synced the fix to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwx">iwx(4)</a>. | |||
| <li>Added support for active scan to <a | <li>Added support for active scan to <a | ||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/bwfm">bwfm(4)</a>. | href="https://man.openbsd.org/bwfm">bwfm(4)</a>. | ||
| <li>Increased throughput of the ifq pressure drop mechanism for <a | <li>Increased throughput of the ifq pressure drop mechanism for <a | ||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/bwfm">bwfm(4)</a>. | href="https://man.openbsd.org/bwfm">bwfm(4)</a>. | ||
| <li>Improved error handling for <a | <li>Improved error handling for <a | ||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/bwfm">bwfm(4)</a> connection attempts. | href="https://man.openbsd.org/bwfm">bwfm(4)</a> connection attempts. | ||
| <li>Fixed the <a | <li>Fixed the <a | ||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig">ifconfig(8)</a> "media:" line | href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig">ifconfig(8)</a> "media:" line | ||
| for 11n wifi interfaces during and after a background scan. | for 11n wifi interfaces during and after a background scan. | ||
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| interface is marked up. This behavior must now be explicitly enabled | interface is marked up. This behavior must now be explicitly enabled | ||
| with <code><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig">ifconfig(8)</a> join | with <code><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig">ifconfig(8)</a> join | ||
| ""</code>. | ""</code>. | ||
| <li>Fixed MiRA's sub-frame error rate computation. | |||
| <li>Lowered the priority of APs which fail to connect in the <a | <li>Lowered the priority of APs which fail to connect in the <a | ||
| href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig">ifconfig(8)</a> join list, | href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig">ifconfig(8)</a> join list, | ||
| allowing switching wifi networks by moving between them without having | allowing switching wifi networks by moving between them without having |