From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 27 07:04:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97C9016A4CE; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:04:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dd2626.kasserver.com (dd2626.kasserver.com [81.209.184.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A97643D41; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:04:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from outi@bytephobia.de) Received: from duality.bytephobia.de (p50843E4D.dip.t-dialin.net [80.132.62.77]) by dd2626.kasserver.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 1467A70A74; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:04:08 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:10:20 +0200 From: Patrick Hurrelmann To: Brian Fundakowski Feldman Message-Id: <20040727091020.57f6a517@duality.bytephobia.de> In-Reply-To: <20040727023106.GD96815@green.homeunix.org> References: <40921E4B.3080609@bytephobia.de> <20040727023106.GD96815@green.homeunix.org> Organization: private X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Prism54 Chipsets Supported? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: outi@bytephobia.de List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:04:12 -0000 On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:31:06 -0400 Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: > Please check out: > > Note that this may well not compile on 5.2.1-RELEASE, just -CURRENT > (and certainly not -STABLE). Seat belts are not included, but I have > taken great lengths to make this what I belive to be one of the most > inherently stable drivers on FreeBSD. > > Currently working are: ad-hoc mode, infrastracture mode, and HostAP > (firmware-based) mode. WEP support works fine, but radiotap and > promiscuous mode are not implemented. I can't find any PCI cards > for sure that have Prism GT/Prism Duette chipsets (note that the > Prism Nitro ones certainly won't work yet, but I don't know how > much work it is to support them). I'm using NetGear WG511 CardBus > cards, but haven't tried doing suspend/resume support yet. > > Notably absent are HostAP management features (listing associated > clients, kicking them off, associating with 802.1x) and the > support for TKIP. Still, it's nice having an 802.11 card that can > do over 20Mbit/s and not take all your CPU time to do it. Thats great :) But first i'll have to get a card based on prism54. I bought a senao prism2,5 mini-pci card. i'm looking forward to test these drivers, if i'm able to get one of these cards in the near future. But nevertheless thanks for your work! Patrick -- =========================================================================== Patrick Hurrelmann | "Programming today is a race between software Mannheim, Germany | engineers striving to build bigger and better | idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying outi at bytephobia.de | to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, www.bytephobia.de | the Universe is winning." - Rich Cook