From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 29 08:38:22 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 976E8106566B for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:38:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 509C38FC18 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:38:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsc.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.41]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SDAaq-0001Rk-Ai; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:20:28 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncsc.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SDAap-0004MT-VT; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:20:28 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q2T8KRKQ068141; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:20:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q2T8KRXd068140; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:20:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bris.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bris.ac.uk using -f Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:20:27 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Brandon Falk Message-ID: <20120329082027.GA68062@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <942975b7-aa54-416d-b049-a50563bbf2a7@email.android.com> <4F73758D.3040000@brandonfa.lk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F73758D.3040000@brandonfa.lk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, "Chris.H" Subject: Re: Reverse engineering; How to... X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:38:22 -0000 On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 04:33:17PM -0400, Brandon Falk wrote: > Reverse engineering a whole driver could take a very long time, even with the > proper tools. If it's possible, return the adapter, and buy a new one and verify > that the chipset is supported before you buy it. Last time I bought a wireless > card I sat in the store looking at the Wireless support list for BSD before buying. > > http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html#WLAN > > I very strongly suggest that you get a card with an Atheros chipset, as those > are by far the best supported on BSD. sure, but how? I've tried very hard to get a pccard with an atheros chip, but you just can't trust the label. Guides like e.g. this: http://atheros.rapla.net/ are unreliable. I've bought several cards, which supposedly have an atheros chip in them, only to discover they had something else inside. Can you recommend a pccard model that is guaranteed to have a supported atheros chip inside? -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423