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Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:03:29 +0100
From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: Mateusz Jedrasik <m.jedrasik@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Alpha on FreeBSD + Atheros
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On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 07:43:45PM +0100, Mateusz Jedrasik wrote..
> Hi,
> 
> I have come across an issue while building the ath_hal driver component
> on FreeBSD/alpha, namely the binary component required is non-existent
> in the sources precompiled for alpha.
> 
> I have seen some information on OpenBSD's page in the alpha section
> claiming it supports atheros on the alpha port.
> 
> Is any work planned to support this great wifi chip on the alpha arch?

To be honest I doubt it.  Sam Leffler would be the one to ask
(sam@FreeBSD.org)

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Wilko Bulte				wilko@FreeBSD.org