On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 07:56:50AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>             "Gregory P. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> : On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 11:40:13PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote:
> : > My work to support the Atheros 802.11 hardware is now entirely in the tree 
> : > and enabled for use.  The ath driver supports all Atheros hardware devices 
> : > and makes FreeBSD the first open source system to support 802.11a and 
> : > 802.11g*.  There are still issues with the driver.  man ath(4) for details.
> : > 
> : >   Sam
> : > 
> : > *First by a few days--there is also a Linux version of this software 
> : > available at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/>.
> : 
> : maybe not, another linux driver already existed:  http://team.vantronix.net/ar5k/
> 
> OK, sam had the first WORKING driver.  I tried this driver and apart
> from light a few LEDs, it most definitely didn't "work" for any useful
> definition of "work."  "hey, I have this web page, can I count as
> first" doesn't count as first.

Hehe.  I haven't tried either as i don't have 802.11a hardware.  I was
mostly posting the link to let people know another "driver" exists as
a potential reference.

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