Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 23:17:18 +0800 From: Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Add USB glue to ath(4) for AR9271 Message-ID: <CAOc73CDOFRo19N3WB1t=L-F5qZoY74uGbR9iuRO1hOMrvk3=1w@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi there, I just wanted to ask if anyone has intentions to add the USB glue to ath(4) to support AR9271 chipsets. I have a Think Penguin TPE-N150USBL which is a USB 802.11n wifi dongle that uses the AR9271 chipset, and has been "certified by the Free Software Foundation". https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-w-external-antenna-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usbl https://wikidevi.com/wiki/ThinkPenguin_TPE-N150USBL There is currently no support for it in FreeBSD, as highlighted here: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless/2013-November/004121.html https://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/ath_hal%284%29/HardwareSupport Given how well Atheros chipsets are supported for PCI devices, I think once the USB glue was added they could be great performers (perhaps the only USB wifi dongles with 802.11n capability on FreeBSD)?! The output from usbconfig(8) is below: # usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 dump_device_desc ugen1.5: <UB93 ATHEROS> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA) bLength = 0x0012 bDescriptorType = 0x0001 bcdUSB = 0x0200 bDeviceClass = 0x00ff <Vendor specific> bDeviceSubClass = 0x00ff bDeviceProtocol = 0x00ff bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 idVendor = 0x0cf3 idProduct = 0x9271 bcdDevice = 0x0108 iManufacturer = 0x0010 <ATHEROS> iProduct = 0x0020 <UB93> iSerialNumber = 0x0030 <12345> bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com
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