Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:45:08 +0100 From: "Karl Sjodahl - dunceor" <dunceor@gmail.com> To: "brad clawsie" <clawsie@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: macbook atheros driver in 7-beta2 Message-ID: <5d84cb30711131045o3862f77fy2f070aa75d96efc4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071113165105.GB44403@jobbicycle.greatamerica.corp.yahoo.com> References: <20071113165105.GB44403@jobbicycle.greatamerica.corp.yahoo.com>
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On Nov 13, 2007 5:51 PM, brad clawsie <clawsie@fastmail.fm> 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? > > thanks > brad > In OpenBSD reyk@ commited support for the atheros chips found in macbooks. I haven't tested it in OpenBSD yet but it should be portable to FreeBSD also. Kerneltrap post about it here: http://kerneltrap.org/OpenBSD/Supporting_Newer_Atheros_Devices br dunceor _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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