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NAME

ath_hal – Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL)

SYNOPSIS

device ath_hal 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_ar9160 device ath_ar9280 device ath_ar9285 device ath_ar9287 device ath_ar9300

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 ath_hal enables support for all PCI and Cardbus 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 ath_hal module:

Card Ta Chip Ta Bus Standard

Aztech WL830PC Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus b/g

D-Link DWL-A650 Ta AR5210 Ta CardBus a

D-Link DWL-AB650 Ta AR5211 Ta CardBus a/b

D-Link DWL-A520 Ta AR5210 Ta PCI a

D-Link DWL-AG520 Ta AR5212 Ta PCI a/b/g

D-Link DWL-AG650 Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus a/b/g

D-Link DWL-G520B Ta AR5212 Ta PCI b/g

D-Link DWL-G650B Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus b/g

Elecom LD-WL54AG Ta AR5212 Ta Cardbus a/b/g

Elecom LD-WL54 Ta AR5211 Ta Cardbus a

Fujitsu E5454 Ta AR5212 Ta Cardbus a/b/g

Fujitsu FMV-JW481 Ta AR5212 Ta Cardbus a/b/g

Fujitsu E5454 Ta AR5212 Ta Cardbus a/b/g

HP NC4000 Ta AR5212 Ta PCI a/b/g

I/O Data WN-AB Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus a/b

I/O Data WN-AG Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus a/b/g

I/O Data WN-A54 Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus a

Linksys WMP55AG Ta AR5212 Ta PCI a/b/g

Linksys WPC51AB Ta AR5211 Ta CardBus a/b

Linksys WPC55AG Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus a/b/g

NEC PA-WL/54AG Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus a/b/g

Netgear WAG311 Ta AR5212 Ta PCI a/b/g

Netgear WAB501 Ta AR5211 Ta CardBus a/b

Netgear WAG511 Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus a/b/g

Netgear WG311 (aka WG311v1) Ta AR5212 Ta PCI b/g

Netgear WG311v2 Ta AR5212 Ta PCI b/g

Netgear WG311T Ta AR5212 Ta PCI b/g

Netgear WG511T Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus b/g

Orinoco 8480 Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus a/b/g

Orinoco 8470WD Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus a/b/g

Proxim Skyline 4030 Ta AR5210 Ta CardBus a

Proxim Skyline 4032 Ta AR5210 Ta PCI a

Samsung SWL-5200N Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus a/b/g

SMC SMC2735W Ta AR5210 Ta CardBus a

Sony PCWA-C700 Ta AR5212 Ta Cardbus a/b

Sony PCWA-C300S Ta AR5212 Ta Cardbus b/g

Sony PCWA-C500 Ta AR5210 Ta Cardbus a

3Com 3CRPAG175 Ta AR5212 Ta CardBus a/b/g

TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Ta AR9380 Ta PCIe a/b/g/n

HISTORY

The ath_hal module first appeared in FreeBSD 5.2 .

BUGS

See ath(4) for known bugs.

ATH_HAL (4)

August 7, 2023

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