Return-path: Received: from venema.h4ckr.net ([217.24.1.135]:37056 "EHLO venema.h4ckr.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751334AbXLLEj7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:39:59 -0500 Message-ID: <59117.84.58.189.94.1197434396.squirrel@webmail.madwifi.org> (sfid-20071212_044007_214401_E3F42BE8) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:39:56 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: Misleading PCI id information on chipsets supported by ath5k From: "Michael Renzmann" To: "Joachim Frieben" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi. > In particular, the following entry is incorrect: > > Vendor:device Type Basic-testing > 168c:0013 AR5212 OK At least for Atheros cards PCI IDs are not reliable to determine the chipset that is used on the cards. While it worked in the past, several vendors started to ship cards with AR5007 chipset but used the AR5006 PCI ID for them. If at all, PCI IDs can be seen as evidence but should not be regarded authoritative in terms of chipset identification. ath_info does a better job here. Bye, Mike