From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 17:30:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B45E116A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:30:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from M4.sparta.com (M4.sparta.com [157.185.61.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1235C43D39 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:30:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from deker@slackdot.org) Received: from Beta5.sparta.com (beta5.sparta.com [157.185.63.21]) by M4.sparta.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iA9HUkcV005891 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:30:46 -0600 Received: from columbia.sparta.com ([157.185.80.32]) by Beta5.sparta.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iA9HUk2u031238 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:30:46 -0600 Received: from [157.185.80.108] (7lyxg41.columbia.sparta.com [157.185.80.108]) iA9HUjor021189 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 12:30:46 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4190FEC7.1090107@slackdot.org> Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:30:47 -0500 From: Rob Deker User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (Windows/20041103) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <20041109165920.9B9A643D39@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20041109165920.9B9A643D39@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Porting the OpenBSD free Atheros HAL X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 17:30:47 -0000 mark@markdnet.demon.co.uk wrote: >deker@slackdot.org wrote: > > >>You're right, it does. However, myself and collegue recently presented >>our work in raw Atheros raw frame injection at ToorCon based on the >>Atheros HAL and Sam's driver/HAL wrapper. If you're familliar with these >>cards and their current status in the open-source world, you'll know >>that the only method of using them relies solely on the binary-only HAL >>provided by Atheros that Sam Leffler was kind enough to wrap in a >>FreeBSD driver shell. >> >> > >Would this give us AMD64 support for atheros cards? > > > It's possible. As the alternative is source, it very well may compile for AMD64. If you've got an AMD64 box available to put OpenBSD-current on, give it a shot and let us know! I just don't have any 64-bit machines at my place that aren't Alphas :) -d