Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:18:10 +0300 From: atar <atar.yosef@gmail.com> To: Miguel Clara <miguelmclara@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>, Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: TL-WN722N support on FreeBSD. Message-ID: <2ACC59D6-251B-4FF7-A275-C81408D6BB48@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADGo8CWQ=D32oYAjx_GxWUvmdeR2r8Qmp2wecD=dDaL3r2ERig@mail.gmail.com> References: <C18F5819-A884-4A86-9FBA-FF7CEFF70695@gmail.com> <53FC60AB.1060805@qeng-ho.org> <1EE2934C-DA78-451F-B86A-93A9C55B9C56@gmail.com> <CADGo8CWQ=D32oYAjx_GxWUvmdeR2r8Qmp2wecD=dDaL3r2ERig@mail.gmail.com>
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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 > <linkedin.png> www.linkedin.com/in/miguelmclara/ >=20 >=20 > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:45 PM, atar <atar.yosef@gmail.com> 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
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