From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 19 13:08:42 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@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 C6C03195 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:08:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x231.google.com (mail-ie0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 94CF21EDF for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:08:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f177.google.com with SMTP id tp5so1256603ieb.36 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 05:08:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=JBoTy2upjlgKIlxUs5A6MDYcbumScmiQiuqoClV+8BA=; b=07MdiUgUt90qPzHjq4pajqWMmpogL1rAD84Lh81jv5pSj7A4sBluRsnbYr940jcPfC uypwxaFn6MMPoajroiYpRwV7pMCqyVelUh3aju6dvuNhq3WprBiiEl1sAbVWkiX5Ynzk 8uJPEKki3XKwJCEq6FDgcagwVKtay2fMjueYOCZ4OaNbGajFuVj3MASfYGBJt6IdhfEP xRqFO0PnJOgHTkC1CRMmY4vBs/cd34O2IQ6S7pk1sw115mkyBaO7vWFD0WfAr3sGWId4 IBgusbdz63aBeJVAr6ha4GUORP3ZANd5Xiep+or1nRibIFa+rzfo3rI13FUaxYvYRKvy 6rwg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.87.36 with SMTP id u4mr2605982igz.40.1387458522075; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 05:08:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.140.38 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 05:08:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <128633.28644.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <201310061521.r96FLmxw077281@fire.js.berklix.net> <52519CB9.8040203@mu.org> <20131218154820.GA20655@FreeBSD.org> <52B2524F.8000201@FreeBSD.org> <20131219095148.GA78156@FreeBSD.org> <128633.28644.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:08:42 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: urtwn driver for Edimax EW-7811U WLAN nano USB Adapter From: Tom Evans To: Thomas Mueller Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:08:42 -0000 On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > Better would be if manufacturers' and online vendors' websites would say what chipset their Ethernet, Bluetooth adapter, USB wi-fi adapter, etc use. > I think manufacturers don't consider this relevant info, they sell features, not the underlying spec. This allows them to chop and change what chip is actually in a device depending on the vagaries of their supply chain. Eg, Rev A, Rev B might be precisely the same packaging but different chips underneath. Suck for non Windows users, I agree. Cheers Tom