Return-path: Received: from static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net ([72.92.88.10]:42754 "EHLO smtp.roinet.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753243AbZKRPfI (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:35:08 -0500 Message-ID: <4B04142F.6060101@roinet.com> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:35:11 -0500 From: David Acker MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Felix Fietkau CC: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , linux-wireless , madwifi-users@lists.sourceforge.net, Andrey Yurovsky , madwifi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Madwifi-devel] Survey: What are you using MadWifi for, and why? References: <2205.95.222.251.107.1258282369.squirrel@webmail.otaku42.de> <43e72e890911161701p61d0db5ag25a1459f900b3ab7@mail.gmail.com> <4B02DFF4.1060509@roinet.com> <45e8e6c40911171257m7c687380k6e6e2677fd11f851@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e890911171337p4b0d97fcp844266137bb51b56@mail.gmail.com> <4B03193E.2080304@roinet.com> <43e72e890911171345q2dc59d66g6ac2a9eec04c577c@mail.gmail.com> <4B031B48.1090105@roinet.com> <4B03304C.2000403@openwrt.org> In-Reply-To: <4B03304C.2000403@openwrt.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Felix Fietkau wrote: > David Acker wrote: >> Also, I don't know if ath5k will work on products based on >> Atheros WiSOCs like Ubiquiti's PicoStation and Bullet. > I have some work in progress patches for that. They won't work yet (in > fact I just ported them to a newer version of compat-wireless without > testing, so they probably won't even compile yet *g*), but according to > my rough estimation, they contain about 70-80% of what's necessary to > support this hw. You can find them at http://nbd.name/ath5k-wisoc.tar.gz > If anybody is seriously interested in hacking on this stuff, please take > a look at this patch series and contact me afterwards... Interesting. Time permitting, I will try to take a look at this a bit this week. > >> A lesser issue >> (more of a pain for me than an ath5k issue) is that I have some >> platforms that use an older kernel and moving up to a newer kernel will >> have to be done without hardware vendor support. > What platforms with old kernels are you using? Maybe some of them are > being worked on in OpenWrt already ;) Perhaps. I have a CM-X255 http://www.compulab.co.il/x255/html/x255-cm-datasheet.htm combined with a custom board for PCI with an intel pro 100 and a miniPCI slot holding a ubiquiti card. -ack