From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 18:58:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43EC037B401 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:58:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from index.faucet.net (dsl-144-191.atm02.sea.blarg.net [206.124.144.191]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53F2443F85 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:58:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darren@bolding.org) Received: from Manzanita (unknown [10.10.11.10]) by index.faucet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29DD63AC; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:53:46 -0700 (PDT) From: "Darren Bolding" To: "'Anthony Naggs'" , "'Darren Bolding'" Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:58:13 -0700 Message-ID: <000c01c33473$e9609450$0a0b0a0a@Manzanita> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: [Q] D-Link DWL-520+ X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 01:58:09 -0000 Thanks for the information. I just wanted to be sure the situation hadn't been updated from the last time I looked. Thanks again, --D -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Anthony Naggs Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 6:53 PM To: Darren Bolding Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Q] D-Link DWL-520+ In article <20030617001013.GA10301@index.faucet.net>, Darren Bolding writes >I've been considering getting some PCI card wireless adapaters for >various systems, and when researching the DWL-520+ came across somwhat >conflicting information. > >This card is not listed as supported by FreeBSD. I was wondering if >anyone has had any luck with it? It is not supported. >From what I can tell, the DWL-520+ uses a TI chip It seems like all "22 Mbps" "802.11b+" cards use TI chips. >as opposed to the DWL-520 >which uses a prism 2.5 chipset. The last discussion I was able to >glean any >information from was from several months ago. > >I'm just wondering if there has been, or is likely to be, any progress >on this card. My understanding is that TI have declined to provide programming information to either FreeBSD or Linux developers. Probably this is just TI protecting what they consider to be valuable information about their technologies. Possibly a business case could be presented to TI that there are X million BSD & Linux systems that they are excluding themselves from. Maybe they would change their minds, but there are a growing number of suppliers of conforming 11Mbps 802.11b chipsets with lower prices and TI would not get much business from BSD & Linux systems. Within a few months anyone really caring about the higher speed will probably be shopping for an 802.11g system anyway. I'm interested in contributing to FreeBSD's wireless networking support, but I've chosen to work on parts with documentation & manufacturer support. (Realtek's 802.11b chip.) Poking around in TI's Windows drivers and trying to determine how their chip works sounds like a time consuming project, with no guarantee that TI wont have moved on to something new before the driver is finished. Tony _______________________________________________ freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"