Bug 98885 - net/wmwifi could be quieter
Summary: net/wmwifi could be quieter
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-ports-bugs (Nobody)
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Reported: 2006-06-13 01:20 UTC by Eric P. Scott
Modified: 2006-06-16 17:51 UTC (History)
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Description Eric P. Scott 2006-06-13 01:20:17 UTC 
wmwifi [erroneously] attempts to access non-wireless network
interfaces, then complains when inappropriate ioctl()s fail.  The
offending code appears in the FreeBSD port, not the original
distribution.  Comments in CVS indicate this is a known problem.

Fix: Instead of excluding lo0 by name, why not avoid all loopback and
point-to-point interfaces?  While this isn't a complete solution,
it is an inexpensive "sanity check" that should provide a
noticeable improvement.
How-To-Repeat: Execute wmwifi from a shell; middle- or right-click on its
window.  A message like:

wmwifi: ioctl for interface plip0 failed: Invalid argument

will appear.
Comment 1 Edwin Groothuis freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-06-13 01:24:44 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->feedback

Awaiting maintainers feedback
Comment 2 Ulrich Spoerlein 2006-06-13 20:31:41 UTC 
Hi Eric,

While it does not fix the issue completely, it is a first step. Thanks
for the submission and you have my approval.

Ulrich Spoerlein
Comment 3 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-06-13 22:11:15 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: feedback->open

Maintainer approved.
Comment 4 Pav Lucistnik freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-06-16 17:51:14 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Committed, thanks!