From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 28 06:21:01 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B398613D for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2014 06:21:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c.mail.sonic.net (c.mail.sonic.net [64.142.111.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 996FC8C6 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2014 06:21:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (polaris.tachypleus.net [75.101.50.44]) (authenticated bits=0) by c.mail.sonic.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s8S6Kr5Q031112 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 23:20:54 -0700 Message-ID: <5427A8C5.1010703@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 23:20:53 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WiFi 802.11/ac PCIe supported adaptor References: <20140927143830.1d25968f.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20140927222208.GA20243@e-new.0x20.net> <20140928080643.1b5c991b.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <20140928080643.1b5c991b.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sonic-CAuth: UmFuZG9tSVb9B/WwSx49zLr5gbOF0Xc98zHyIC2KyNVtOnNz7qWXUdaSr8N/486reWxsYUmtpPftNXK0PdeTFMnp9m2E8g4yHVRxucELObQ= X-Sonic-ID: C;Fj6GmddG5BGq49FrlZB5Vg== M;8m8EmtdG5BGq49FrlZB5Vg== X-Spam-Flag: No X-Sonic-Spam-Details: 0.0/5.0 by cerberusd X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 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: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 06:21:01 -0000 On 09/27/14 23:06, O. Hartmann wrote: > Am Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:22:09 +0200 > Lars Engels schrieb: > >> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 02:38:30PM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: >>> I'm looking for a replacemnt for my 802.11g WiFi PCIe adaptor card and want to >>> replace it with an 802.11ac adaptor. >>> >>> Since I made very bad experiences with CURRENT and support of modest modern hardware >>> (Haswell CPU/Intel 7260 DualBand WiFi NIC), I'd like to ask here first. >>> >>> I found this PCIe adaptor card attractive: >>> >>> GigaByte Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I >>> >>> I can not find ad hoc the WLAN chip used on that specific card, but maybe someone has >>> experiences with that litte board. >> FreeBSD doensn't support 802.11ac, yet. > I'm bitter aware of that. This OS doesn't support the chipsets, even if they provide also > 11a/g/n. > > We have at our department now a bunch of Lenovo hardware, with Intels 7260 chipset. The > laptops are now runninmg Ubuntu 14.0X something which obviously supports the WiFi chip. > I'm the last man standing with FreeBSD on my private Lenovo :-( This is a serious problem. I'm about ready to install Linux on my laptop as well just to get a usable system. Some kind of funding directed to a willing developer would be hugely valuable for the usability of the operating system on recent hardware. This is probably more important even than Haswell graphics since without a driver, Haswell is merely slow, whereas networking is completely broken. -Nathan