From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 28 15:33:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8437B37B404 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2003 15:33:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from electricrain.com (electricrain.com [64.71.143.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E65764400F for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2003 15:33:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from greg@electricrain.com) Received: (qmail 4976 invoked by uid 601); 28 Jun 2003 22:33:00 -0000 Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 15:33:00 -0700 From: "Gregory P. Smith" To: Sam Leffler Message-ID: <20030628223300.GD8119@zot.electricrain.com> References: <99603342.1056757213@melange.errno.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <99603342.1056757213@melange.errno.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Atheros 802.11 support X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 22:33:01 -0000 On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 11:40:13PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: > My work to support the Atheros 802.11 hardware is now entirely in the tree > and enabled for use. The ath driver supports all Atheros hardware devices > and makes FreeBSD the first open source system to support 802.11a and > 802.11g*. There are still issues with the driver. man ath(4) for details. > > Sam > > *First by a few days--there is also a Linux version of this software > available at . maybe not, another linux driver already existed: http://team.vantronix.net/ar5k/ Whos first and how first is defined doesn't matter. Thanks for the work to support a/g chipsets, i've been wanting to speed up my network.