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Date:      Mon, 4 Apr 2022 11:17:50 -0700
From:      Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>
To:        Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>
Cc:        freebsd-wireless <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>,  freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Which ath(4) cards are currently supported?
Message-ID:  <CAOjFWZ49x-BADfoykXPtXrRty_xr6XWbmR6CmkdvFPAZBRoJMg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4208488b364a91a6cc7d1e0aa746ae4f@bsdforge.com>
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On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 11:01 AM Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote:

> OK I (mistakenly) picked up an Atheros 11ac mini-pcie card for a new
> laptop I picked up. But 80211ac isn't yet supported. :-(
> OK so what IS supported? ;-) I installed 13.1 and consulted RELEASE
> Hardware notes[1] which indicates:
> The ath(4) driver supports all Atheros Cardbus and PCI cards, except
> those that are based on the AR5005VL chipset.
>

Note:  PCI means PCI, not PCIe.  :)  The ath(4) driver supports the old PCI
and CardBus adapters.  It doesn't support PCIe, USB, M.2, or other
formfactor adapters.

While slightly ambiguous, the hardware notes are technically correct.

-- 
Freddie Cash
fjwcash@gmail.com

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 11:01 AM Chris &lt=
;<a href=3D"mailto:bsd-lists@bsdforge.com">bsd-lists@bsdforge.com</a>&gt; w=
rote:<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=
 style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);p=
adding-left:1ex">OK I (mistakenly) picked up an Atheros 11ac mini-pcie card=
 for a new<br>
laptop I picked up. But 80211ac isn&#39;t yet supported. :-(<br>
OK so what IS supported? ;-) I installed 13.1 and consulted RELEASE<br>
Hardware notes[1] which indicates:<br>
The ath(4) driver supports all Atheros Cardbus and PCI cards, except<br>
those that are based on the AR5005VL chipset.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Note:=C2=A0 PCI means PCI, not PCIe.=C2=A0=
 :)=C2=A0 The ath(4) driver supports the old PCI and CardBus adapters.=C2=
=A0 It doesn&#39;t support PCIe, USB, M.2, or other formfactor adapters.</d=
iv><div><br></div><div>While slightly ambiguous, the hardware notes are tec=
hnically correct.</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_signature">Freddie Cash<br><a href=3D"mailto:fjwcash@gmail.com" t=
arget=3D"_blank">fjwcash@gmail.com</a></div></div>

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