Ok, I've understood the point. So probably there's no way to use this popular TP-LINK dongle with FreeBSD. Very alas. Disappointed.
> On 26/08/2014 08:32, atar wrote: >> Hi there! >> >> According to what's written in the following URLs: > > http://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?t=41581 , > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/ath_hal(4)/HardwareSupport > > (under the 'Chipsets I won't be working on' section) the > > TL-WN722N TP-LINK wireless dongle isn't supported on freeBSD > > since its chipset is based on the AR9271 chipset which isn't > > supported by FreeBSD. >> >> Now, my question is, since the above mentioned device is supported > > by Linux via a special atheros firmware module, and since FreeBSD > > provides a Linux virtualization, will this device work on a FreeBSD > > system by its Linux virtualization capability? > > I'm not familiar with the Atheros firmware, but the likely answer is no. > Linux virtualization (probably better described as emulation) is at the user > space level, i.e. it mimics the interface of Linux syscalls. Device drivers > work in kernel space, and the FreeBSD kernel has very different internals > from Linux. > > _______________________________________________ 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"
