From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 13 19:17:12 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 554CF16A468; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:17:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from root@kash.tomsk.ru) Received: from mx.kash.tomsk.ru (ns2.kash.tomsk.ru [88.204.35.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6920913C4E3; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:11:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from root@kash.tomsk.ru) Received: by mx.kash.tomsk.ru (Postfix, from userid 0) id 613BCDAE3B; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:11:18 +0600 (NOVT) Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [69.147.83.53]) by mx.kash.tomsk.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE9D4DAE38 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:11:14 +0600 (NOVT) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B464F585; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:10:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F8D116A4E0; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:10:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org) Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8181C16A421 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:10:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dunceor@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1969613C491 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:10:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dunceor@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so2289518pyb for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:10:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=6Xj7bcpbtcY6QaL7nucqVlHi1KyO4Djk2LQkJFNaTww=; b=BHMfU58gj4KQcK3ZFijM4u3HwBbid8RIhR4FC7eCl5m2wV/4dObslqUb6w/wMUguYpce6sztOn0huzet9JfxOAUsQBCroYVov0DaHOAxqOIOaQbEUUe4DyivfvVkl9oo7WKGFcp5LezTcQRffQ2rOuX9+u2lv5KdjAddbNfZ4qI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=HRgmm6Ryr9uppRepJrqN2NnBAWC467MccrBA8mTkg3HI/HjLY6f39PqxB8tYORkYuZzB5/C3lVRd0ZTC5kRSrLjIC23BfqCpdavSe/AXmbrEgEUiPC9li3tWA8QfNh3mZFYYN1kT3rW4hCSsc09OKyptoVp0lbzlY4Qg3XlbHmU= Received: by 10.65.239.14 with SMTP id q14mr17057333qbr.1194979508844; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:45:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.150.20 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:45:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5d84cb30711131045o3862f77fy2f070aa75d96efc4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:45:08 +0100 From: "Karl Sjodahl - dunceor" To: "brad clawsie" In-Reply-To: <20071113165105.GB44403@jobbicycle.greatamerica.corp.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20071113165105.GB44403@jobbicycle.greatamerica.corp.yahoo.com> X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-DSPAM-Result: Innocent X-DSPAM-Processed: Wed Nov 14 01:11:18 2007 X-DSPAM-Confidence: 0.9978 X-DSPAM-Probability: 0.0000 X-DSPAM-Signature: 4739f6d6191327826330903 X-DSPAM-Factors: 27, Sender*owner+freebsd, 0.00132, Sender*freebsd, 0.00132, List-Post*freebsd, 0.00132, List-Post* List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:17:12 -0000 On Nov 13, 2007 5:51 PM, 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? > > 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"