On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 11:15:04AM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2025/09/09 10:35, Patrick Harper wrote:
> > There are at least four 802.11 drivers for adapters that don't support
> > any form of WPA encryption:
> 
> imho, WPA1/2 PSK is no better than WEP or even really open network if
> you're on a public hotspot with a known PSK.
> 
> > wi(4)
> > rtw(4)
> > atw(4)
> > atu(4)
> > 
> > For Cardbus and PCI there have been better options for decades, the only
> > utility of some of the devices supported is operation in 16-bit PC Card
> > and CompactFlash slots, but is anyone using those for WiFi anymore?
> 
> wi(4) still shows up in fairly recent dmesg@openbsd.org submissions
> and is _extremely_ common hardware, it would be a pity to lose that.

Also worth noting that wi, (to a cetain degree), and rtw support hostap mode,
which some newer drivers don't, (yet?), support.  So there may be some use
cases where finding a replacement is not quite as straightforward.

(Obviously, running a general purpose access point using such old hardware is
 not going to be much fun, but that doesn't mean that it isn't in use
 somewhere.)