Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:24:09 +0200 From: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: lev@freebsd.org, freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Today's wireless update - TL;DR - please test -HEAD Message-ID: <20121120002409.0cf7b438.ray@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmonD9urDS7x4z=zm5RNvBHHpgTghgAFYVFeOTQDm%2BzbsTQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ-VmomapiffpfDe94i0BbH6x1vdE51G3dkMpbzA8k=3Uj1Qcg@mail.gmail.com> <50A49138.3080700@gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmo=hNkm4uBEy2s_8A3y6%2BT=y7JV4vnuxsK%2B%2Bw023gkxxfg@mail.gmail.com> <50A52547.6030402@gmail.com> <CAJ-VmokRSkSPXTy-Vs6GkR7WpwmGsUKxgg5wixCXy53n9NECgw@mail.gmail.com> <50A86AB6.3050502@gmail.com> <CAJ-VmomCQYyZDL2QrbJveqRW-_Wiw=iwrKvsN6d_Bcc9UoT%2BCw@mail.gmail.com> <50A86D6F.807@gmail.com> <CAJ-VmokUNTLZb1JytUojhr3UszzLBqWoEGFZ5fbukbYV984jNQ@mail.gmail.com> <769502.20121119235515@serebryakov.spb.ru> <CAJ-VmonjMXq%2BObEQepCk43SW0RYweKzi06WewvTCvnqtBqKf0g@mail.gmail.com> <1757912873.20121120000939@serebryakov.spb.ru> <CAJ-Vmonn8=B8Kj=6UmLdKHGgp106N5HY3XS10U_W20H9Dusx%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> <1336007393.20121120001741@serebryakov.spb.ru> <CAJ-VmonD9urDS7x4z=zm5RNvBHHpgTghgAFYVFeOTQDm%2BzbsTQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:21:18 -0800 Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > That's right. The atheros devices have one MAC and one radio. There > was a module which used one MAC and two radios (one 2ghz and one 5ghz) > but only one was active at a time. since there was only one MAC, you > couldn't even do dual-band concurrent operation with that. > > There's nothing _stopping_ a manufacturer putting two NICs on one > board. There's some dual-AR9220 boards out there which have two > AR9220's on a single mini-PCI card. But they require a slightly > modified board - the second NIC has its IDSEL pin on another (unused? > gpio?) mini-PCI pin. So if you plug it into a normal device you only > see one AR9220. Yes, FreeBSD-HEAD runs on the particular dev board and > drives those NICs correctly. > > So far, I don't think anyone has made a public, "correct" dual band > single NIC - which involves putting a PCI or PCIe bridge chip on a > card, as well as two AR9xxx chips. Hi guys! Lev, it seems it's time for you to get some dual-11n-nic router (like f.e. DIR-825) and join to mips community :) > > > Adrian > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
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