Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 02:35:50 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Patrick Proniewski <patpro@patpro.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: half-mini PCIe wifi card and hostpad mode? Message-ID: <CAJ-VmomMvVDvhE%2BYu75DGLyknupG5EFx81HGyrvZ-wLi-V7QJg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <22B2555C-4B02-4C4B-8C8F-707C2FC6E1A0@patpro.net> References: <947EE1A9-61DC-45AC-B41E-7FE8B06BAFA9@patpro.net> <CAJ-Vmokni0rUESpQqKpEOSmtbTMoFhoaEgHxNuxnxRZjp-dcRw@mail.gmail.com> <22B2555C-4B02-4C4B-8C8F-707C2FC6E1A0@patpro.net>
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Hi, I have no plans to backport anything. If someone wants to take charge of backporting net80211 and wifi drivers from head, be my guest. :) adrian On 22 May 2013 22:20, Patrick Proniewski <patpro@patpro.net> wrote: > Hello, > > Thank you. Glad to read that ath is not as limited as its man page says. = Upgrading to HEAD is not really on my roadmap for now, I would rather wait = for a back port if it's a matter of mouths. > > regards, > Patrick > > On 23 mai 2013, at 01:57, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> Hi >> >> AR9280 and AR9285 work on freebsd-9, but there's been a lot of work in >> -HEAD to improve features and stability. >> >> Please consider updating to -HEAD. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> Adrian >> >> On 22 May 2013 13:34, Patrick Proniewski <patpro@patpro.net> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm not sure if it's the right mailing list for this question, but as m= ini PCIe wifi cards are mostly used in mobile computers, I give it a try: >>> >>> I'm looking for a half mini PCIe wifi card supporting hostapd mode. I m= ight be wrong, but it appears that only Atheros chipset can be used with ho= stpad. I've found many recent Atheros based half mini PCIe wifi cards, but = according to `man ath` on FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p2 they are not supported: >>> >>> Atheros AR5B95 AR9285 802.11B/G/N Half Mini PCI-E Card >>> Atheros AR5B93 WiFi 802.11n draft Wireless Half Mini PCI-E Card >>> Atheros AR5BHB92-H AR9280 802.11 b/g/n Wireless PCIe Half Size Mini Car= d >>> >>> It would be great if someone could give some pointers to half mini PCIe= WIFI cards working in hostapd mode on FreeBSD 9.1. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Patrick >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" >
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