Lev Serebryakov wrote:
> Hello Sam,
>
> Sunday, May 13, 2007, 10:11:18 PM, you wrote:
>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> Is here any work to support newest Atheros chipsets, AR5513, for
>>> example, in ath(4)?
>>>
> SL> This is a MIPS-based SoC. Supporting it requires a lot more than just
> SL> ath changes.
> Oops. Year ot two and every chip and card in PC will have its own OS --
> GPU, network, sound, etc :)
> There is not documentation/firmware form Atheros, of course?
For Atheros SoC = GPU + Wireless h/w. The wireless h/w is not exposed
via PCI bus but sits on an internal bus and is controlled by the GPU
which runs a complete OS like linux or netbsd (and hopefully some day
freebsd). The ath driver just needs the appropriate bus shim to work
and support has been available for a while.
>
> I suppose, that 802.11n draft chipsets are SoCs too?
>
The 5416 and 5418 are stock PCI (-express) parts that require the host
to handle much of the 11n protocol. I've given out test hal's that
support these parts (in legacy mode) for many months.
Sam
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