Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:51:10 +0100
From: "van Schalkwyk, Andre {PGIN~Kaiseraugst}" <andre.van_schalkwyk@roche.com>
To: "Sam Leffler" <sam@errno.com>, <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject: RE: HEADSUP: ath updates
Message-ID: <47318C4EB396E34F85DEEBB86C3718F801D3D52B@rkamsem1.emea.roche.com>
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Any idea when the ath_hal will support atheros 5213 chips?=20 -andre -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Sam Leffler Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 8:10 PM To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: HEADSUP: ath updates I just committed updates for the ath driver and the ath hal. There are many=20 changes to this code including a split of the tx rate control algorithm into=20 a separate module. This means that when statically configuring the driver=20 you now need to specify: device ath device ath_hal device ath_rate_onoe to get the previous functionality (i.e. the previous rate control algorithm). =20 There is a second rate control algorithm that is slightly different from the=20 onoe algorithm; you can try that with device ath_rate_amrr However both of these algorithms are still rather lame and a good algorithm is=20 needed. I encourage folks to step up and work on this as a good tx rate control algorithm makes all the difference. The new hal should support all shipping Atheros parts. Operation should be=20 noticeably better and the driver supports all the functionality of the=20 revised net80211 layer. This includes the security protocols (WPA, 802.11i,=20 802.1x), the QoS/Multi-media protocols (WME/WMM), and more. One problem to beware of is that WME and WPA currently do not work together=20 (for AP operation at least). If you want to test out WPA be sure to disable=20 wme--this will require the new ifconfig that I'll be committing shortly. There's still a bunch of work to do on the driver. I'll be working fulltime=20 on this stuff for the next few months; mainly on AP support. Sam _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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