ath_hal (4)

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(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man4/ath_hal.4freebsd".)

NAME

ath_hal - Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL)

SYNOPSIS

device ath_hal options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 or device ath_ar5210 device ath_ar5211 device ath_ar5212 device ath_rf2413 device ath_rf2417 device ath_rf2425 device ath_rf5111 device ath_rf5112 device ath_rf5413 device ath_ar5416 device ath_ar9130 device ath_ar9160 device ath_ar9280 device ath_ar9285 device ath_ar9287 device ath_ar9300 options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416

DESCRIPTION

The hal provides hardware support for wireless network adapters based on the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR2413, AR2417, AR2425, AR5413, AR5416, AR5418, AR5424, AR9160, AR9220, AR9280, AR9285, AR9287, AR9380, AR9390, AR9580, AR9590, AR9562 and QCA9565 chips (and companion RF/baseband parts). This code is part of the ath(4) driver but configured separately to allow fine-grained control over the set of chips supported. Selecting ifconfig enables support for all PCI and Cardbus devices. Note this includes AR5416, AR5418, AR9130, AR9160, AR9220, AR9280, AR9285 and AR9287 devices and must be accompanied by the AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 option to enable the extended hardware descriptor format used by AR5416 and later devices.

Some devices come in Cardbus/MiniPCI/PCI format. Others (for example AR2413, AR2427, AR5418, AR9280, AR9285, AR9287) come in PCIe, Mini-PCIe or ExpressCard format.

Historically this code has been released in a binary-only form and packaged as a separate module. With the release of source code for the hal this is no longer true and the code is tightly integrated with the driver.

HARDWARE

The following cards are among those supported by the ifconfig module:

Card  Chip    Bus     Standard

"Aztech WL830PC    AR5212  CardBus b/g"

"D-Link DWL-A650  AR5210CardBusa"

"D-Link DWL-AB650AR5211CardBusa/b"

"D-Link DWL-A520AR5210PCIa"

"D-Link DWL-AG520AR5212PCIa/b/g"

"D-Link DWL-AG650AR5212CardBusa/b/g"

"D-Link DWL-G520BAR5212PCIb/g"

"D-Link DWL-G650BAR5212CardBusb/g"

"Elecom LD-WL54AGAR5212Cardbusa/b/g"

"Elecom LD-WL54AR5211Cardbusa"

"Fujitsu E5454AR5212Cardbusa/b/g"

"Fujitsu FMV-JW481AR5212Cardbusa/b/g"

"Fujitsu E5454AR5212Cardbusa/b/g"

"HP NC4000AR5212PCIa/b/g"

"I/O Data WN-ABAR5212CardBusa/b"

"I/O Data WN-AGAR5212CardBusa/b/g"

"I/O Data WN-A54AR5212CardBusa"

"Linksys WMP55AGAR5212PCIa/b/g"

"Linksys WPC51ABAR5211CardBusa/b"

"Linksys WPC55AGAR5212CardBusa/b/g"

"NEC PA-WL/54AGAR5212CardBusa/b/g"

"Netgear WAG311AR5212PCIa/b/g"

"Netgear WAB501AR5211CardBusa/b"

"Netgear WAG511AR5212CardBusa/b/g"

"Netgear WG311 (aka WG311v1)AR5212PCIb/g"

"Netgear WG311v2AR5212PCIb/g"

"Netgear WG311TAR5212PCIb/g"

"Netgear WG511TAR5212CardBusb/g"

"Orinoco 8480AR5212CardBusa/b/g"

"Orinoco 8470WDAR5212CardBusa/b/g"

"Proxim Skyline 4030AR5210CardBusa"

"Proxim Skyline 4032AR5210PCIa"

"Samsung SWL-5200NAR5212CardBusa/b/g"

"SMC SMC2735WAR5210CardBusa"

"Sony PCWA-C700AR5212Cardbusa/b"

"Sony PCWA-C300SAR5212Cardbusb/g"

"Sony PCWA-C500AR5210Cardbusa"

"3Com 3CRPAG175AR5212CardBusa/b/g"

"TP-LINK TL-WDN4800AR9380PCIe a/b/g/n

SEE ALSO

ath(4)

HISTORY

The ifconfig module first appeared in Fx 5.2 .

BUGS

See ath(4) for known bugs.