Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:51:50 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: brad clawsie <clawsie@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: macbook atheros driver in 7-beta2 Message-ID: <4739F246.3060600@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <20071113165105.GB44403@jobbicycle.greatamerica.corp.yahoo.com> References: <20071113165105.GB44403@jobbicycle.greatamerica.corp.yahoo.com>
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brad clawsie wrote: > hi, i have just put 7-beta2 on a macbook (core 2 duo) > > i am looking for advice on the best alternative for wireless support, > the provided ath driver does not provide support. > > sam leffler has a patch here > > http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_hal-20070428.tgz > > but i am not sure if this is newer or older than the support in > 7-beta2 > > i also see some people are using ndis wrappers with this windows > driver: > > http://www.dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=489&sec=0 > > does anyone have a suggestion for the preferred course of action? > > is there any chance of the atheros support being updated prior to > launch or is the featureset frozen? > > The private hal build works in legacy mode modulo known issues (many people have reported it's good enough for day-to-day use). It is not committed because it has known regressions relative to the hal in CVS and I've had no time to resolve those problems. I hope to work on this stuff after 7.0 goes out. Sam
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