Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 07:56:50 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: greg@electricrain.com Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Atheros 802.11 support Message-ID: <20030701.075650.113468068.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20030628223300.GD8119@zot.electricrain.com> References: <99603342.1056757213@melange.errno.com> <20030628223300.GD8119@zot.electricrain.com>
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"Gregory P. Smith" <greg@electricrain.com> writes:
: On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 11:40:13PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote:
: > My work to support the Atheros 802.11 hardware is now entirely in the tree
: > and enabled for use. The ath driver supports all Atheros hardware devices
: > and makes FreeBSD the first open source system to support 802.11a and
: > 802.11g*. There are still issues with the driver. man ath(4) for details.
: >
: > Sam
: >
: > *First by a few days--there is also a Linux version of this software
: > available at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/>.
:
: maybe not, another linux driver already existed: http://team.vantronix.net/ar5k/
OK, sam had the first WORKING driver. I tried this driver and apart
from light a few LEDs, it most definitely didn't "work" for any useful
definition of "work." "hey, I have this web page, can I count as
first" doesn't count as first.
Warner
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