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Cc: "M. Vale" <maurovale@gmail.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: HI, I have a laptop with the Atheros AR5006EG
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On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:02:09 -0800, Sam Leffler wrote
> 
> But there are still other parts that not supported by this hal and I 
> have no idea if and/or when they ever will be.  Sorry, but Atheros 
> stopped caring about open source users after certain folks left the company.
> 
>     Sam
> 

That's too bad because historically ath was the best bet for wireless in
freebsd (imho). Do you think this will delay future work such as multi-bss or
802.11n in any way?