From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 26 12:41:07 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45BC010C; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:41:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-x22f.google.com (mail-we0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9DFB23236; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:41:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f175.google.com with SMTP id t60so14643045wes.20 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 05:41:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=X44a2Ud3o/q20mwrH6ksY58A0pfvCehdl+etrIGSuMM=; b=coMGUO8DtQNbijOpTlhQ49Mb5JZ2IlRTwWCGS+WAIZYL8/YhxW93T4fy/Lec5NXOC8 8Zs55JOb6AFJbusSMXcudmovpe+15a+7QEgwMciJMoFqVG5PqOTwOm5lIc8IVjphtbG/ PQHrGAwPlVC5bx2J3FomVO3/kNY7oxo2iS9lOyOD1ZYaHgpoH9kw7fbKMe6FRaQbpTlT S6Fr5I2MzIqG4luQ75zdlU9NLw79oNujNBWAiwmtgyM0hrhLljbuHdoTSLPeBG8ivlGn yiWmhXk8lCG2A33MyiBGf6+oh5TjC05bFmok9bIi/yYiuibXuBMv2gOtc79R0m8RnRX/ vX1A== X-Received: by 10.194.184.166 with SMTP id ev6mr27554868wjc.61.1409056864891; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 05:41:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.194.121.37 with HTTP; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 05:40:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1EE2934C-DA78-451F-B86A-93A9C55B9C56@gmail.com> References: <53FC60AB.1060805@qeng-ho.org> <1EE2934C-DA78-451F-B86A-93A9C55B9C56@gmail.com> From: Miguel Clara Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:40:43 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: TL-WN722N support on FreeBSD. To: atar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" , Arthur Chance , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:41:07 -0000 Well the page states "The AR7010 and AR9271 NICs are not yet supported - the USB glue needs writing for ath(4)." So it might happen :) Ofc only the maintainer can tell, and he was already done some many and great work on this. Melhores Cumprimentos // Best Regards ----------------------------------------------- *Miguel Clara* *IT - Sys Admin & Developer* *E-mail: *miguelmclara@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/miguelmclara/ On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:45 PM, atar wrote: > Ok, I've understood the point. So probably there's no way to use this > popular TP-LINK dongle with FreeBSD. Very alas. Disappointed. > > > On 26/08/2014 08:32, atar wrote: > >> Hi there! > >> > >> According to what's written in the following URLs: > > > http://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?t=41581 , > > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/ath_hal(4)/HardwareSupport > > > (under the 'Chipsets I won't be working on' section) the > > > TL-WN722N TP-LINK wireless dongle isn't supported on freeBSD > > > since its chipset is based on the AR9271 chipset which isn't > > > supported by FreeBSD. > >> > >> Now, my question is, since the above mentioned device is supported > > > by Linux via a special atheros firmware module, and since FreeBSD > > > provides a Linux virtualization, will this device work on a FreeBSD > > > system by its Linux virtualization capability? > > > > I'm not familiar with the Atheros firmware, but the likely answer is no. > Linux virtualization (probably better described as emulation) is at the > user space level, i.e. it mimics the interface of Linux syscalls. Device > drivers work in kernel space, and the FreeBSD kernel has very different > internals from Linux. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " >