On 2022-04-04 11:17, Freddie Cash wrote:
On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 11:01 AM Chris <bsd-li...@bsdforge.com> wrote:OK I (mistakenly) picked up an Atheros 11ac mini-pcie card for a new laptop I picked up. But 80211ac isn't yet supported. :-( OK so what IS supported? ;-) I installed 13.1 and consulted RELEASE Hardware notes[1] which indicates: The ath(4) driver supports all Atheros Cardbus and PCI cards, except those that are based on the AR5005VL chipset.Note: PCI means PCI, not PCIe. :) The ath(4) driver supports the old PCI and CardBus adapters. It doesn't support PCIe, USB, M.2, or other formfactor adapters. While slightly ambiguous, the hardware notes are technically correct.
Sure OK. I simply moved down to the "Wireless Network Interfaces" to see if I could discover exactly *which* Atheros numbers I could safely buy to use FreeBSD effectively on my new laptop. You know; like: Atheros m.2. Which I could then compare to those indicated by FreeBSD as being supported. Oh well. I guess I'm stuck with the numbers given on the ath_hal(4) man page. Maybe that's the complete list? Thanks for taking the time to reply, Freddie! :-) --Chris
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