Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 16:33:50 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Cc: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Subject: Re: Atheros card with external antenna connector? Message-ID: <200611061633.50861.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1061105160229.19819A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1061105160229.19819A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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On Sunday 05 November 2006 00:28, Ian Smith wrote: > On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Sam Leffler wrote: > > Ian Smith wrote: > > > On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Sam Leffler wrote: > > > > Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 01:42:00AM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > > > > >> Thankyou Brix! I was unaware of that whole resource, lots to explore. > > > > > > > > > > Welcome. Be ware that the resource deals with the Linux madwifi > > > > > (atheros) driver, but the compatability section should give you some > > > > > good hints on which cards are supported by the FreeBSD ath(4) driver. > > > > > > Brix: glad to be free of my misconception that 'Orinoco Gold' used only > > > Hermes (wi), lacking hostap mode, like my old 11b Cabletron Roamabout. > > > Its MC external connector is the same, so I've an eBay target already. > > > > > > > The hal is the same and that's basically the only thing that matters wrt > > > > chip support. > > > > > > Sam: just to be sure .. it'd still need to have an AR5210, AR5211, or > > > AR5212 chipset to be used with ath(4), not the others madwifi supports? > > > > The hal supports every Atheros cardbus/pci chip set currently in retail > > channels except for the AR5005VL parts. This means you can pretty much > > buy anything in a cardbus/pci form factor. > > Thanks, but I'm still a little confused, sorry. I supppose ath(4) and > ath_hal(4) are a bit out of date then, as they both specify just those 3 > chipsets - at least at 5.5-S Aug 1st and 6.1-R. Try RELENG_6. -- John Baldwin
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