From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 5 23:32:37 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF868106564A for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 23:32:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mjl@luckie.org.nz) Received: from mailfilter36.ihug.co.nz (mailfilter36.ihug.co.nz [203.109.136.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 830308FC13 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 23:32:37 +0000 (UTC) X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=1 a=tm9qpUR5xacA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=pOqw4vtHAW4xfxCD90uk0Q==:17 a=FpT0U-pAAAAA:8 a=TUyfWmFaaSIy0W2JWiYA:9 a=-jMTKf1X7wQ3jWFqMwMA:7 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=nPVq8361FmUA:10 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ag0FAJQyBk92XAcO/2dsb2JhbAAoGoIFqnuBBoFyAQEEATgeIgEQCyEWDwkDAgECASceBg0BBwEBh3YII7V8jBEElQaOAYRKVg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.71,464,1320577200"; d="scan'208";a="115480224" Received: from 118-92-7-14.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz (HELO spandex.luckie.org.nz) ([118.92.7.14]) by cust.filter6.content.vf.net.nz with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 06 Jan 2012 12:32:35 +1300 Received: from mylar.luckie.org.nz ([192.168.1.24]) by spandex.luckie.org.nz with esmtpsa (TLSv1:CAMELLIA256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.77 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1RiwnT-000Ns8-2X; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:32:35 +1300 Message-ID: <4F063339.9040608@luckie.org.nz> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:33:13 +1300 From: Matthew Luckie User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111231 Thunderbird/9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Chadd References: <4F056691.4060403@luckie.org.nz> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: minipcie wifi card X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:32:38 -0000 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. Matthew