From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 12 19:42:19 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7141106566B; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:42:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-f50.google.com (mail-wg0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 059AA8FC12; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:42:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbds12 with SMTP id ds12so2355648wgb.31 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:42:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=xidKrX3w+0WdCJ6KmcJ45zhBiP043zhPIwlClA7rPsg=; b=dVWMq/tYiwayHK4UfHRmREkEllQV6RrAdWNxNufQgL3Z8dyhW9JSpyBlkuxAvi4Lrj X46y6gk/H7YQq6vlxLftUoly0A00UzgUZS30lj73xkRuVkEuyAcI4I/ncCZRm0YaTi02 O1X0m++CMQSxppwZ5SNnnhofJSef1sKPwB91RnOPiCaTM7mRR4CSJcAQYRH99Wbyla51 APxXsn2wvOF6sQQZ7FOQ95b2mh++gwbb6C78qS2B+wLloK0z+2I8SEr+tnmTaA8FAkqo oIWRGNOCzzar5VcxyKrey4rGfe+fsMWi0/QNezEE4mMvZO5cBE0cOWW/qQ4gzGmxEOQa wgMA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.105.194 with SMTP id go2mr8631173wib.22.1334259737292; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:42:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.54.207 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:42:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:42:17 -0700 Message-ID: From: Kevin Oberman To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath(4) hardware support list X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:42:19 -0000 On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 12 Apr 2012, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> On 12 April 2012 06:07, Warren Block wrote: >>> >>> I'd like to add a list of Atheros supported card part numbers to ath(4)= . >>> Why? =A0Because it's really hard for a user to tell whether a given car= d is >>> supported or not before buying. =A0Testing before buying is often >>> impossible. >>> >>> There are two forms of part numbers, for example, AR5BXB63 and AR5008. >>> >>> Is there a practical way to generate this list other than testing? >> >> >> I've started one. It's in the wiki. >> >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/ath(4) > > > Excellent! =A0Is it feasible to add card model numbers of the AR5BXB or A= R5BHB > form? =A0Those are useful when looking for a replacement card. > > Another column for branded model numbers ("Linksys XXX123") would be good > also. > > Is there another table for 802.11b/g-only cards? I believe that b/g only is listed in the "Description" column and, by the N/A, the lack of 'n' is in the "802.11n Spatial Streams" column. It's a pretty short list, but it includes my old AR5212 a/b/g card --=20 R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com