Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:38:08 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Karl Sjodahl - dunceor <dunceor@gmail.com> Cc: brad clawsie <clawsie@fastmail.fm>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: macbook atheros driver in 7-beta2 Message-ID: <4739FD20.4050005@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <5d84cb30711131045o3862f77fy2f070aa75d96efc4@mail.gmail.com> References: <20071113165105.GB44403@jobbicycle.greatamerica.corp.yahoo.com> <5d84cb30711131045o3862f77fy2f070aa75d96efc4@mail.gmail.com>
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Karl Sjodahl - dunceor wrote: > 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 > > MBPro uses 5418 parts, not 5424. Totally different. Of course whether the obsd code even does 11g correctly is unclear; the last time I tried the obsd ath support it worked on just a couple of the cards I have--and then only just a little. But hey, it's "free", go for it. Sam
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