Subject: Re: Initial stab at QT based wifi browser. Comments?
To: ober <ober@linbsd.org>
From: Liam J. Foy <liamfoy@sepulcrum.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/18/2006 16:09:56
On 18 Apr 2006, at 15:54, ober wrote:

> Did I mention I was writing it in qt? :P
>

Well, 100% of the people would assume this from your previous emails.
So, yes. :-)

> I can take a look at the new api.
> If you could send me your examples that would be much appreciated.
>

I'll have a look for it later tonight.

> Thanks.
>
> -Ober
>
> Richard Chesler: [Reading a piece of paper] The first rule of Fight  
> Club is you don't talk about Fight Club?
> Narrator: [Voice-over] I'm half asleep again; I must've left the  
> original in the copy machine.
> Richard Chesler: The second rule of Fight Club - is this yours?
> Narrator: Huh?
> Richard Chesler: Pretend you're me, make a managerial decision: you  
> find this, what would you do?
>
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Liam J. Foy wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:32:17 +0100
>> From: Liam J. Foy <liamfoy@sepulcrum.org>
>> To: ober <ober@linbsd.org>
>> Cc: tech-kern@netbsd.org
>> Subject: Re: Initial stab at QT based wifi browser. Comments?
>>
>> On 18 Apr 2006, at 15:01, ober wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.linbsd.org/qnetbased1.png and
>>> http://www.linbsd.org/qnetbased2.png are images of my initial work
>>> on making a qt based wifi browser.
>>
>> Are you using the old API or the same code as wiconfig? Also, I think
>> if you search the mailing lists there was talk of this being written
>> in curses too. I think thats a much better decision than QT :)
>>
>> I had a try of using the new API which David Young mentioned to me
>> but I've had really no luck (new API being http:// 
>> cvsweb.netbsd.org/ bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/net80211/).
>>
>>> What I am looking for is advice, from others who may have  
>>> different wifi
>>> chipsets. As I have noticed that trying to do a `wiconfig $int - 
>>> D` only works on some of the chipsets. (e.g. works on ral(4) but  
>>> not an(4)).
>>> So I am wondering what would be the proper way to collect  
>>> available wan information for all of the different chipsets?
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> -Ober
>>> Richard Chesler: [Reading a piece of paper] The first rule of  
>>> Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club?
>>> Narrator: [Voice-over] I'm half asleep again; I must've left the  
>>> original in the copy machine.
>>> Richard Chesler: The second rule of Fight Club - is this yours?
>>> Narrator: Huh?
>>> Richard Chesler: Pretend you're me, make a managerial decision:  
>>> you find this, what would you do?
>>
>> Thanks
>> 		---
>> 		Liam J. Foy
>> 		<liamfoy@sepulcrum.org>
>> 		BSDPortal.org
>>
>>
>>

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		Liam J. Foy
		<liamfoy@sepulcrum.org>
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