From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 26 14:18:32 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2EC2E603; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-x230.google.com (mail-we0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A2CC3C66; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:18:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f176.google.com with SMTP id q58so14713680wes.7 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 07:18:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:content-transfer-encoding:subject:references:from :in-reply-to:message-id:date:cc:to:mime-version; bh=LOAegXy8umuyky0M3GliOzgtlTE/IaUxv6FWesAtRAk=; b=TpxLcW3HLBlbV3m7GVg3uLmSVIQmkJXFRczFR32fE7NpVbM/Siem0zdJAiOnuaZcBi lJs98CH7j5RSTIuEjKfozKoocLex4od7xaUfeKIhvl4zKPzx2EewfVk6VkVjg/WYDF0X emnk/Y5NaP/RWWqzItOGrdY4qGycYw0ooEDI7eBJ3WfP8IA9sVwim9VuSONS/mqEYWz2 8if+q/iaFjURN+Y/D+8uk8nMFo1edHJ6/RYwcFfkXFguOWxrc+Cp1fZ+u4KK7vYs4Z5y CY7RcWP+WtmDgzafm+macdrITmonOQs7xmfICVQbHDmEm5pO24v77TOtDHeLSl9dq5sN urkw== X-Received: by 10.180.20.6 with SMTP id j6mr16877024wie.64.1409062709748; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 07:18:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.20.2] ([62.219.134.104]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id j7sm12688496wia.9.2014.08.26.07.18.27 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 26 Aug 2014 07:18:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: TL-WN722N support on FreeBSD. References: <53FC60AB.1060805@qeng-ho.org> <1EE2934C-DA78-451F-B86A-93A9C55B9C56@gmail.com> From: atar In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <2ACC59D6-251B-4FF7-A275-C81408D6BB48@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:18:10 +0300 To: Miguel Clara Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) X-Mailer: iPod Mail (10B500) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" , Arthur Chance , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:18:32 -0000 Maybe, but it has about above half of a year since I've saw this limitation i= n FreeBSD and this still wasn't fixed so I haven't too much hopes it will be= fixed in the near future. > Well the page states "The AR7010 and AR9271 NICs are not yet supported - t= he USB glue needs writing for ath(4)." >=20 > So it might happen :) >=20 > Ofc only the maintainer can tell, and he was already done some many and gr= eat work on this. >=20 >=20 > Melhores Cumprimentos // Best Regards > ----------------------------------------------- > Miguel Clara > IT - Sys Admin & Developer > E-mail: miguelmclara@gmail.com > www.linkedin.com/in/miguelmclara/ >=20 >=20 > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:45 PM, atar wrote: >> Ok, I've understood the point. So probably there's no way to use this pop= ular TP-LINK dongle with FreeBSD. Very alas. Disappointed. >>=20 >> > On 26/08/2014 08:32, atar wrote: >> >> Hi there! >> >> >> >> According to what's written in the following URLs: >> > > http://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D41581 , >> > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/ath_hal(4)/HardwareSupport >> > > (under the 'Chipsets I won't be working on' section) the >> > > TL-WN722N TP-LINK wireless dongle isn't supported on freeBSD >> > > since its chipset is based on the AR9271 chipset which isn't >> > > supported by FreeBSD. >> >> >> >> Now, my question is, since the above mentioned device is supported >> > > by Linux via a special atheros firmware module, and since FreeBSD >> > > provides a Linux virtualization, will this device work on a FreeBSD >> > > system by its Linux virtualization capability? >> > >> > I'm not familiar with the Atheros firmware, but the likely answer is no= . Linux virtualization (probably better described as emulation) is at the us= er space level, i.e. it mimics the interface of Linux syscalls. Device drive= rs work in kernel space, and the FreeBSD kernel has very different internals= from Linux. >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" >=20