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Subject: Re: ath updates - please test
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Am 27.12.2011 19:05, schrieb Adrian Chadd:
> "Actual ath" ? What do you mean? :)

Are there plans to backport "developing" base/head/sys/dev/ath/* to the 
upcoming 9.X-release? ;-)

> Also, the AR5416 isn't all that great a NIC, it's their first
> generation 11n NIC. The newer stuff is a _lot_ nicer. So anything with
> an AR9220/AR9280 or AR9227/AR9287 (PCI/PCIe) would be better.

Any recommendation for this stuff is really welcome. :-) The common 
problem is to know which chip or chipset is used in which NIC...

> I need to write up some tools to make that easier to ascertain. Stay
> tuned.

I will.

Cheers - Martin