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authoradrian <adrian@FreeBSD.org>2011-03-31 08:32:53 +0000
committeradrian <adrian@FreeBSD.org>2011-03-31 08:32:53 +0000
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Document the ath glue changes.
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@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 9.x IS SLOW:
machines to maximize performance. (To disable malloc debugging, run
ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
+20110331:
+ ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains
+ the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci
+ contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb
+ contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath
+ in order to use ath on everything else.
+
+ TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only
+ need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation.
+
20110218:
GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD. This
is the last available version under GPLv2. It brings a number of new
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