Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:33:13 +1300 From: Matthew Luckie <mjl@luckie.org.nz> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: minipcie wifi card Message-ID: <4F063339.9040608@luckie.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmonkD8s__z1qTh-Qd0QA620NnVMPYG5bFyp5ziuAyJnNAw@mail.gmail.com> References: <4F056691.4060403@luckie.org.nz> <CAJ-VmonkD8s__z1qTh-Qd0QA620NnVMPYG5bFyp5ziuAyJnNAw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Adrian, >> The docs say Atheros AR9285(MAC/Baseband/RF) with AR3011 -- I tend to think >> the AR3011 is an error in their docs as the card is not advertised as >> supporting bluetooth, and because an AR9285 is apparently exposed over PCIe, >> I tend to think the card will work fine as an hostap, but just want to >> double check. >> >> Anyone have any insight? > > Yes, it's actually a dual Bluetooth + AR9285 NIC. I forget the card > identifier. But it's a perfectly fine AR9285 and it'll also > (hopefully) work with bluetooth. > > The AR9285 is Mini-PCIe. The USB is just for the bluetooth IC. They're > joined together for doing bluetooth coexistence. > > Awesome, if you're interested, I can start pushing out bluetooth > coexistence patches for you to test. Are you able to run -HEAD? Habey have two atheros Mini-PCIe cards: http://www.habeyusa.com/products_show.php?id=361 -- HB-NB037H http://www.habeyusa.com/products_show.php?id=353 -- HB-NE785H The NB037 model is advertised as supporting bluetooth, and the NE785 model (which I asked about, and I believe to have incorrect docs) is not. To me it appears that they have copy/pasted the page for the bluetooth supporting model to the non-bluetooth supporting model. I was tempted to get the NB037 model anyway but the docs suggest that Antenna 2 is required for bluetooth -- I only have one antenna mounting position in my ITX case. I am happy to get this card and test for you if you think I'll actually be able to test bluetooth -- that only Antenna 1 is required for both wifi and bluetooth. If possible I'd prefer patches against 9.0R as the machine its going into is fairly important. Matthewhome | help
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