Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:49:05 -0400 From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@freebsd.org> To: Patrick Hurrelmann <outi@bytephobia.de> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Prism54 Chipsets Supported? Message-ID: <20040702214905.GP1034@green.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <40921E4B.3080609@bytephobia.de> References: <40921E4B.3080609@bytephobia.de>
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On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:37:15AM +0200, Patrick Hurrelmann wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently using a Dell TrueMobile 1300 (Broadcom) on my Dell > Latitude D600 Notebook. Thanks to Bill Pauls awesome work it is performs > very well for daily und "normal" wireless lan usage. > > But i want to run some tools, that are only available fo wi-cards. > Is Prism54-Chipset already supported? I read something that a driver for > linux exists on www.prism54.org. will it make it to freebsd or is it > highly unlikely? > > Some on the lists posted, that he has replaced his card with an > ath-based one. Maybe ath is an alternative to wi, but i'd relly prefer > wi (802.11g or a is a must have). I believe I will be working on a driver for it based upon the knowledge contained in the Linux driver (http://prism54g.org). Has anyone else already started any work on it? Also, any major caveats? Thanks, -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\ <> green@FreeBSD.org \ The Power to Serve! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\
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