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Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@twincling.org>,
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Subject: Re: is there a laptop ?
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Ashish SHUKLA wrote:

> Saifi Khan writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Do Atheros, Ralink, Realtek, Intel PRO/Wireless chipset work
> > with FreeBSD ?
> 
> Atheros chipsets work great with FreeBSD 8-CURRENT at least. And the
> driver is FOSS and blob free. No ideas about other chipsets.
> 
> -- 
> Ashish SHUKLA
> 

There are Atheros chipsets which don't work with FreeBSD !
An OSS (Open Source software) driver is certainly appreciated.

I've very good idea about the chipsets dumped in Indian markets,
hence the specificity of the question.


thanks
Saifi KHAN.