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 ath_hal 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 ath_hal module:

       Card                 Chip      Bus        Standard
       Aztech WL830PC       AR5212    CardBus    b/g
       D-Link DWL-A650      AR5210    CardBus    a
       D-Link DWL-AB650     AR5211    CardBus    a/b
       D-Link DWL-A520      AR5210    PCI        a
       D-Link DWL-AG520     AR5212    PCI        a/b/g
       D-Link DWL-AG650     AR5212    CardBus    a/b/g
       D-Link DWL-G520B     AR5212    PCI        b/g
       D-Link DWL-G650B     AR5212    CardBus    b/g
       Elecom LD-WL54AG     AR5212    Cardbus    a/b/g
       Elecom LD-WL54       AR5211    Cardbus    a
       Fujitsu E5454        AR5212    Cardbus    a/b/g
       Fujitsu FMV-JW481    AR5212    Cardbus    a/b/g
       Fujitsu E5454        AR5212    Cardbus    a/b/g
       HP NC4000            AR5212    PCI        a/b/g
       I/O Data WN-AB       AR5212    CardBus    a/b
       I/O Data WN-AG       AR5212    CardBus    a/b/g
       I/O Data WN-A54      AR5212    CardBus    a
       Linksys WMP55AG      AR5212    PCI        a/b/g
       Linksys WPC51AB      AR5211    CardBus    a/b
       Linksys WPC55AG      AR5212    CardBus    a/b/g
       NEC PA-WL/54AG       AR5212    CardBus    a/b/g
       Netgear WAG311       AR5212    PCI        a/b/g
       Netgear WAB501       AR5211    CardBus    a/b
       Netgear WAG511       AR5212    CardBus    a/b/g
       Netgear WG311 (aka WG311v1)    AR5212     PCI      b/g
       Netgear WG311v2      AR5212    PCI        b/g
       Netgear WG311T       AR5212    PCI        b/g
       Netgear WG511T       AR5212    CardBus    b/g
       Orinoco 8480         AR5212    CardBus    a/b/g
       Orinoco 8470WD       AR5212    CardBus    a/b/g
       Proxim Skyline 4030  AR5210    CardBus    a
       Proxim Skyline 4032  AR5210    PCI        a
       Samsung SWL-5200N    AR5212    CardBus    a/b/g
       SMC SMC2735W         AR5210    CardBus    a
       Sony PCWA-C700       AR5212    Cardbus    a/b
       Sony PCWA-C300S      AR5212    Cardbus    b/g
       Sony PCWA-C500       AR5210    Cardbus    a
       3Com 3CRPAG175       AR5212    CardBus    a/b/g
       TP-LINK TL-WDN4800   AR9380    PCIe       a/b/g/n

SEE ALSO

       ath(4)

HISTORY

       The ath_hal module first appeared in FreeBSD 5.2.

BUGS

       See ath(4) for known bugs.

Debian                                            July 22, 2013                                       ATH_HAL(4)