Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 11:30:46 -0700 From: "Gregory P. Smith" <greg@electricrain.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Atheros 802.11 support Message-ID: <20030701183046.GA18005@zot.electricrain.com> In-Reply-To: <20030701.075650.113468068.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <99603342.1056757213@melange.errno.com> <20030628223300.GD8119@zot.electricrain.com> <20030701.075650.113468068.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 07:56:50AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20030628223300.GD8119@zot.electricrain.com> > "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. Hehe. I haven't tried either as i don't have 802.11a hardware. I was mostly posting the link to let people know another "driver" exists as a potential reference.
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