1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2009 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer, 10.\" without modification. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce at minimum a disclaimer 12.\" similar to the "NO WARRANTY" disclaimer below ("Disclaimer") and any 13.\" redistribution must be conditioned upon including a substantially 14.\" similar Disclaimer requirement for further binary redistribution. 15.\" 16.\" NO WARRANTY 17.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS 18.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT 19.\" LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTIBILITY 20.\" AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL 21.\" THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, 22.\" OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 23.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 24.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER 25.\" IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 26.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF 27.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 28.\" 29.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4,v 1.13 2009/03/25 21:20:19 sam Exp $ 30.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4,v 1.2 2008/11/17 11:55:19 swildner Exp $ 31.\" 32.Dd May 21, 2009 33.Dt ATH_HAL 4 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm ath_hal 37.Nd "Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL)" 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39To compile this driver into the kernel, 40place the following line in your 41kernel configuration file: 42.Bd -ragged -offset indent 43.Cd "device ath_hal" 44.Ed 45.Pp 46Alternatively, to load the driver as a 47module at boot time, place the following line in 48.Xr loader.conf 5 : 49.Bd -literal -offset indent 50ath_hal_load="YES" 51.Ed 52.Sh DESCRIPTION 53The 54.Nm 55module provides hardware support for wireless network adapters based on 56the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR2413, AR2417, AR2425, 57AR5413, AR5416, AR5418, AR5424, AR9160, and AR9280 chips (and companion 58RF/baseband parts). 59This module is required by the 60.Xr ath 4 61driver. 62.Pp 63Devices supported by the 64.Nm 65module come in either Cardbus or mini-PCI packages. 66.Sh HARDWARE 67The following cards are among those supported by the 68.Nm 69module: 70.Pp 71.Bl -column -compact "Samsung SWL-5200N" "AR5212" "Cardbus" "a/b/g" 72.It Em "Card Chip Bus Standard" 73.It "Aztech WL830PC AR5212 CardBus b/g" 74.It "D-Link DWL-A650 AR5210 CardBus a" 75.It "D-Link DWL-AB650 AR5211 CardBus a/b" 76.It "D-Link DWL-A520 AR5210 PCI a" 77.It "D-Link DWL-AG520 AR5212 PCI a/b/g" 78.It "D-Link DWL-AG650 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 79.It "D-Link DWL-G520B AR5212 PCI b/g" 80.It "D-Link DWL-G650B AR5212 CardBus b/g" 81.It "Elecom LD-WL54AG AR5212 Cardbus a/b/g" 82.It "Elecom LD-WL54 AR5211 Cardbus a" 83.It "Fujitsu E5454 AR5212 Cardbus a/b/g" 84.It "Fujitsu FMV-JW481 AR5212 Cardbus a/b/g" 85.It "Fujitsu E5454 AR5212 Cardbus a/b/g" 86.It "HP NC4000 AR5212 PCI a/b/g" 87.It "I/O Data WN-AB AR5212 CardBus a/b" 88.It "I/O Data WN-AG AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 89.It "I/O Data WN-A54 AR5212 CardBus a" 90.It "Linksys WMP55AG AR5212 PCI a/b/g" 91.It "Linksys WPC51AB AR5211 CardBus a/b" 92.It "Linksys WPC55AG AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 93.It "NEC PA-WL/54AG AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 94.It "Netgear WAG311 AR5212 PCI a/b/g" 95.It "Netgear WAB501 AR5211 CardBus a/b" 96.It "Netgear WAG511 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 97.It "Netgear WG311 AR5212 PCI b/g" 98.It "Netgear WG511T AR5212 CardBus b/g" 99.It "Orinoco 8480 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 100.It "Orinoco 8470WD AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 101.It "Proxim Skyline 4030 AR5210 CardBus a" 102.It "Proxim Skyline 4032 AR5210 PCI a" 103.It "Samsung SWL-5200N AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 104.It "SMC SMC2735W AR5210 CardBus a" 105.It "Sony PCWA-C700 AR5212 Cardbus a/b" 106.It "Sony PCWA-C300S AR5212 Cardbus b/g" 107.It "Sony PCWA-C500 AR5210 Cardbus a" 108.It "3Com 3CRPAG175 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 109.El 110.Pp 111An up to date list can be found at 112.Pp 113.Pa http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts . 114.Sh SEE ALSO 115.Xr ath 4 116.Sh HISTORY 117The 118.Nm 119module first appeared in 120.Fx 5.2 121and was imported into 122.Dx 1.5 . 123.Sh BUGS 124See 125.Xr ath 4 126for known bugs. 127