Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:11:17 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Nate Eldredge <nge@cs.hmc.edu> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendation for wireless network card (PCI/USB) Message-ID: <20080118061117.GW929@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0801171228000.31744@knuth.cs.hmc.edu> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0801151123490.23548@knuth.cs.hmc.edu> <20080115201828.GB10076@heff.fud.org.nz> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0801171228000.31744@knuth.cs.hmc.edu>
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--DwoPkXS38qd3dnhB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 12:31:21PM -0800, Nate Eldredge wrote: >Ok. I see that the Atheros drivers have a binary-only part, as described= =20 >by ath_hal(4). Can you confirm that this works on amd64? Often vendors= =20 >are lazy about writing drivers for anything but i386. :( ath(4) is built and maintained by sam@freebsd.org. There are amd64 binaries but as I don't have any ath(4) hardware, I can't comment on them. Sam has access to the Atheros documentation but is required to embed much of the code in a binary blob to comply with regulatory agency requirements. See /usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/ath/README >Btw, the Atheros site you link to doesn't seem to work. All my searches= =20 >yield a server error page. Very confidence-inspiring... My trial search worked without problem. If you believe there is a problem with the Atheros website, I suggest you take it up with Atheros - the FreeBSD Project does not manage it. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --DwoPkXS38qd3dnhB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHkEMF/opHv/APuIcRAhFuAJ4gmHDP/BMTeu8av5TMvPyKl6PMUQCeNm/E WGbAdFMwylmPZ7/L45qYc2k= =UKeP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DwoPkXS38qd3dnhB--
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