From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 13 18:52:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 511E616A419 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:52:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 240F613C4A8 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:52:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from trouble.errno.com (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id lADIpm6a026863 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:51:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <4739F246.3060600@errno.com> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:51:50 -0800 From: Sam Leffler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070814) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: brad clawsie References: <20071113165105.GB44403@jobbicycle.greatamerica.corp.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20071113165105.GB44403@jobbicycle.greatamerica.corp.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC-dcc.uncw.edu-Metrics: m; whitelist Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: macbook atheros driver in 7-beta2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:52:08 -0000 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