#1781: [ath5k] Please add support for AR5418 (details included)
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: ath5k | Version: trunk
Resolution: | Keywords: ath5k AR5418 MacBook
Patch_attached: 0 |
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Comment (by anonymous):
Replying to [comment:18 mrenzmann]:
> Replying to [comment:16 anonymous]:
> > Well, with the current "new-patch-speed" ath5k isn't going to replace
madwifi in the next two years!
>
> What is your contribution again to speed up the development of ath5k?
>
Nothing. In fact I'm for the opposite direction, as there are lots
of problems with the ath5k & mac80211 combo. And some of critical ones are
in the mac80211-stack.
e.g:
- Regdomain/TPC/DFS (dot11d/dot11h) support is next to nil.
Where is channel 13? What about the 5Ghz DFS/TPC frequencies?
And this is a minefield! Especially since mac80211 doesn't
enforce your countries limits, you could end with a big fine!
- rate control algorithms?
PID is a joke compared to minstrel or sample.
Intel has even written their own rate code for their iwlwifi
driver instead of "fixing the old one".
- powersaving features don't exist either.
Ask any laptop battery about PSPOLL/UAPSD.
- MAC-ACL (iptables doesn't filter MLMEs) / WDS /
VAPs (and not just cooked monitor devices!)
- Accesspoint mode doesn't work at all if you last name isn't Berg,
Busch, Wu, Slaby, Kossifidis or Rodriguez.
- all the plugs for the nice bells and whistles like
TurboG/A,FastFrame or eXtended Rates are missing.
Most of this stuff has been in the net80211-stack for ages!
So, good luck with your ongoing contributions, the problem
isn't reverse engineering the driver (the HAL isn't really obfuscated and
is much smaller than the blob from a
green gfx maker.), but writing a good foundation!
And don't tell me that it's hard to read the 802.11 specifications
and write some lines of code for it!
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/1781#comment:19>
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