From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 28 09:35:52 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4193451E for ; Tue, 28 May 2013 09:35:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qa0-x236.google.com (mail-qa0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c00::236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0827E7EB for ; Tue, 28 May 2013 09:35:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f54.google.com with SMTP id hu16so1368611qab.6 for ; Tue, 28 May 2013 02:35:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=C42q/tQTka5QCptiEOKRrHCDzeFiknj/O65tb1GBaCs=; b=U80aZ7t1fQHTpaX1TKcB9hVmcY6KT3WNsD4OTnHSBOFlnduutf8QFQlHs0m0wMrC/J 5ku3G98SewQTzG9CGBul693MYRXMnt/oZHxve94z+oSUYmkRetr21lUwW4mAABRnibYJ 03v259tKFsrqhEookcJXu3XAqPRS1dYZbbNLT2NN7tEjp2NW5LsWXfnREVV7pzZVI2XO cf6eG3O2nfqhMpRCQaBFohC60KWkI7lD6nD9TJgLlliUiw28tdrE37lwpK69UJiTGbZk smhazWPNnMQx87yKxF3KWLR0DzD0/Nt62ckWndjlZQokp1Cw5KP6GxUhksNdCKzBCkzt Ex8w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.52.212 with SMTP id j20mr5033000qag.64.1369733750491; Tue, 28 May 2013 02:35:50 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.224.199.66 with HTTP; Tue, 28 May 2013 02:35:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <22B2555C-4B02-4C4B-8C8F-707C2FC6E1A0@patpro.net> References: <947EE1A9-61DC-45AC-B41E-7FE8B06BAFA9@patpro.net> <22B2555C-4B02-4C4B-8C8F-707C2FC6E1A0@patpro.net> Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 02:35:50 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: XneeOhOFsmVrCsPfLqpmdoxZKfM Message-ID: Subject: Re: half-mini PCIe wifi card and hostpad mode? From: Adrian Chadd To: Patrick Proniewski Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 09:35:52 -0000 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 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 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" >