From: Bill Marquette (bill.marquettegmail.com)
Date: Wed Mar 07 2007 - 11:25:31 CST

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On 3/7/07, Jonathan Gray <jsggoblin.cx> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 11:55:10PM -0600, Bill Marquette wrote:
> > Any reason ath(4) only currently supports 11b mode? Looks like it was
> > commented out in the driver in September with the comment "for now".
> > Just wondering if we're going to see it back for 4.1, or what's broken
> > with it that it was removed.
> >
> > --Bill
>
> The voodoo required to initialise the cards for 11g rates has not
> been fully worked out yet. Atheros publishes no datasheets on
> any of their products and are openly hostile to people trying
> to understand how to interface to them.

Thanks for the explanation. Is there anything I can do to help?
Testing patches, sending hardware, prodding Atheros? What's the best
supported 11g driver these days, is it ral(4)?

--Bill

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