From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 18 14:19:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F41F16A418 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:19:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from fallbackmx10.syd.optusnet.com.au (fallbackmx10.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB0F113C442 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:19:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.184]) by fallbackmx10.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m0I6BQmi032767 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:11:26 +1100 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-20-82.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.20.82]) by mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m0I6BIwg001732 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:11:19 +1100 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m0I6BIgW077940; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:11:18 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m0I6BHVh077939; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:11:17 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:11:17 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Nate Eldredge Message-ID: <20080118061117.GW929@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20080115201828.GB10076@heff.fud.org.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="DwoPkXS38qd3dnhB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendation for wireless network card (PCI/USB) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:19:33 -0000 --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--