From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 13 22:39:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD4216A480; Sun, 13 May 2007 22:39:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A433313C465; Sun, 13 May 2007 22:39:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from [10.0.0.178] ([10.0.0.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id l4DMdMnT046643 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 13 May 2007 15:39:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <46479399.7030702@errno.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 15:39:21 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: Errno Consulting User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Macintosh/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lev Serebryakov References: <775615123.20070513194957@serebryakov.spb.ru> <464754C6.6050605@errno.com> <116377599.20070513223803@serebryakov.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <116377599.20070513223803@serebryakov.spb.ru> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: AR5513 chipset (DLink DWL-G520M) support in ath(4)? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 22:39:22 -0000 Lev Serebryakov wrote: > Hello Sam, > > Sunday, May 13, 2007, 10:11:18 PM, you wrote: > >>> Hello All, >>> >>> Is here any work to support newest Atheros chipsets, AR5513, for >>> example, in ath(4)? >>> > SL> This is a MIPS-based SoC. Supporting it requires a lot more than just > SL> ath changes. > Oops. Year ot two and every chip and card in PC will have its own OS -- GPU, network, sound, etc :) > There is not documentation/firmware form Atheros, of course? For Atheros SoC = GPU + Wireless h/w. The wireless h/w is not exposed via PCI bus but sits on an internal bus and is controlled by the GPU which runs a complete OS like linux or netbsd (and hopefully some day freebsd). The ath driver just needs the appropriate bus shim to work and support has been available for a while. > > I suppose, that 802.11n draft chipsets are SoCs too? > The 5416 and 5418 are stock PCI (-express) parts that require the host to handle much of the 11n protocol. I've given out test hal's that support these parts (in legacy mode) for many months. Sam