hi, yup. once someone gets the usb glue fleshed out I'll help with the HAL side of things. Ther's not much missing for AR9271 and USB support in the HAL - I just have to do it.
-adrian On 3 June 2015 at 08:17, Ben Woods <woods...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > I just wanted to ask if anyone has intentions to add the USB glue to > ath(4) to support AR9271 chipsets. > > > I have a Think Penguin TPE-N150USBL which is a USB 802.11n wifi dongle > that uses the AR9271 chipset, and has been "certified by the Free > Software Foundation". > https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-w-external-antenna-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usbl > https://wikidevi.com/wiki/ThinkPenguin_TPE-N150USBL > > > There is currently no support for it in FreeBSD, as highlighted here: > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless/2013-November/004121.html > https://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/ath_hal%284%29/HardwareSupport > > > Given how well Atheros chipsets are supported for PCI devices, I think > once the USB glue was added they could be great performers (perhaps > the only USB wifi dongles with 802.11n capability on FreeBSD)?! > > > The output from usbconfig(8) is below: > > # usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 dump_device_desc > ugen1.5: <UB93 ATHEROS> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) > pwr=ON (500mA) > > bLength = 0x0012 > bDescriptorType = 0x0001 > bcdUSB = 0x0200 > bDeviceClass = 0x00ff <Vendor specific> > bDeviceSubClass = 0x00ff > bDeviceProtocol = 0x00ff > bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 > idVendor = 0x0cf3 > idProduct = 0x9271 > bcdDevice = 0x0108 > iManufacturer = 0x0010 <ATHEROS> > iProduct = 0x0020 <UB93> > iSerialNumber = 0x0030 <12345> > bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 > > > -- > From: Benjamin Woods > woods...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
