From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 5 21:34:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97A2216A4CE for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2004 21:34:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kestrel.alerce.com (kestrel.alerce.com [209.182.219.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CA5343D1F for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2004 21:34:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com) Received: from rosebud.alerce.com (w092.z064001164.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net [64.1.164.92]) (authenticated bits=128) by kestrel.alerce.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i75LYmkk079900 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:34:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com) Received: from rosebud.alerce.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rosebud.alerce.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i75LZH0V014940 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:35:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hartzell@rosebud.alerce.com) Received: (from hartzell@localhost) by rosebud.alerce.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id i75LZFZX014936; Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:35:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hartzell) From: George Hartzell MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16658.43027.40764.923158@rosebud.alerce.com> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:35:15 -0700 To: Sam Leffler In-Reply-To: <200408051134.16136.sam@errno.com> References: <50138.151.204.154.241.1090701435.squirrel@el.net> <1303.151.204.154.241.1090815511.squirrel@el.net> <49251.24.90.34.93.1091730138.squirrel@el.net> <200408051134.16136.sam@errno.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.14 under 21.4 (patch 14) "Reasonable Discussion" XEmacs Lucid X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 'clamd / ClamAV version 0.65', clamav-milter version '0.60p' cc: kalin mintchev cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath card problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 21:34:53 -0000 Sam Leffler writes: > [...] > I have asked for help in updating the Atheros code but gotten few > responses (none of which have produced something committable). I am > in the process of releasing yet another new hal and may have a few > days to try and update the FreeBSD code to include it. Otherwise you > can always use the ndis support to run the windows driver. Hi Sam, There are a lot of maybe's in here, but I thought I'd see if I sounded useful.... I'm about to buy an IBM T42 laptop, I can choose between an Intel Centrino 2200bg [ndis only], a Cisco aeronet [uses the an driver], or an abg mini-pci card that's supposed to be based on an a Atheros 5001X. I'm a reasonably competent geek, but haven't done any serious kernel work. I am methodical and not prone to hysteria. I'd been planning to get the atheros based card, because it's sounded like you'd put together a nice driver. On the other hand, you're making it sound like we haven't kept up with it very well. First question, would the aeronet be a better choice? Second question, would a naive set of hands with *some but not huge amounts* of spare time be useful to you? It would probably be several weeks before the hardware even arrives..... g.