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author | adrian <adrian@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-03-26 02:52:04 +0000 |
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committer | adrian <adrian@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-03-26 02:52:04 +0000 |
commit | 272da29f27c14c3f8374a54da951c5713883c82a (patch) | |
tree | 5f6e4820d05f78ee2dd19f33dbc68495a6ae980c /share | |
parent | c5c94c9d77eba41e8fd67cd37c45b803e8c1fcf2 (diff) | |
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Update ath_hal.4 to include the latest chipset support.
ath_hal needs a lot more work to encompass the list of supported
cards, as the AR5416/AR9160/AR9280/AR9285 list is quite long
and extensive. In addition, there's a lot of AR5212/AR5213 based
cards that aren't on this list.
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 b/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 index ab2ebb3..4422a0d 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 @@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ or .Sh DESCRIPTION The hal provides hardware support for wireless network adapters based on the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR2413, AR2417, AR2425, -AR5413, AR5416, AR5418, AR5424, AR9160, and AR9280 chips (and companion -RF/baseband parts). +AR5413, AR5416, AR5418, AR5424, AR9160, AR9220, AR9280, and AR9285 chips +(and companion RF/baseband parts). This code is part of the .Xr ath 4 driver but configured separately to allow fine-grained control @@ -66,13 +66,14 @@ over the set of chips supported. Selecting .Nm enables support for all PCI and Cardbus devices. -Note this includes AR5416, AR9160, and AR9280 devices and -must be accompanied by the +Note this includes AR5416, AR9160, AR9220, AR9280 and AR9285 devices +and must be accompanied by the AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 option to enable the extended hardware descriptor format used by AR5416 and later devices. .Pp -Devices supported come in either Cardbus or mini-PCI packages. +Some devices come in Cardbus/MiniPCI/PCI format. +Others (AR9280, AR9285) come in PCIe, Mini-PCIe or ExpressCard format. .Pp Historically this code has been released in a binary-only form and packaged as a separate module. |