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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: head/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 253552 2013-07-22 19:32:42Z pluknet $ 30.\" 31.Dd January 2, 2014 32.Dt ATH_HAL 4 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm ath_hal 36.Nd "Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL)" 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.Cd "device ath_hal" 39.Cd "options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416" 40.\"or 41.\".Cd "device ath_ar5210" 42.\".Cd "device ath_ar5211" 43.\".Cd "device ath_ar5212" 44.\".Cd "device ath_rf2413" 45.\".Cd "device ath_rf2417" 46.\".Cd "device ath_rf2425" 47.\".Cd "device ath_rf5111" 48.\".Cd "device ath_rf5112" 49.\".Cd "device ath_rf5413" 50.\".Cd "device ath_ar5416" 51.\".Cd "device ath_ar5312" 52.\".Cd "device ath_rf2136" 53.\".Cd "device ath_rf2137" 54.\".Cd "device ath_ar9130" 55.\".Cd "device ath_ar9160" 56.\".Cd "device ath_ar9280" 57.\".Cd "device ath_ar9285" 58.\".Cd "device ath_ar9287" 59.\".Cd "device ath_ar9300" 60.\".Cd "options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416" 61.Sh DESCRIPTION 62The hal provides hardware support for wireless network adapters based on 63the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR2413, AR2417, AR2425, 64AR5413, AR5416, AR5418, AR5424, AR9160, AR9220, AR9280, AR9285, AR9287, 65AR9380, AR9390, AR9580, AR9590, AR9562 and QCA9565 66chips (and companion RF/baseband parts). 67This code is part of the 68.Xr ath 4 69driver but configured separately to allow fine-grained control 70over the set of chips supported. 71Selecting 72.Nm 73enables support for all PCI and Cardbus devices. 74Note this includes AR5416, AR5418, AR9130, AR9160, AR9220, AR9280, AR9285 75and AR9287 devices and must be accompanied by the 76AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 77option to enable the extended hardware descriptor format used by 78AR5416 and later devices. 79.Pp 80Some devices come in Cardbus/MiniPCI/PCI format. 81Others (for example AR2413, AR2427, AR5418, AR9280, AR9285, AR9287) come in 82PCIe, Mini-PCIe or ExpressCard format. 83.Pp 84Historically this code has been released in a binary-only form 85and packaged as a separate module. 86With the release of source code for the hal this is no longer true 87and the code is tightly integrated with the driver. 88.Sh HARDWARE 89The following cards are among those supported by the 90.Nm 91module: 92.Pp 93.Bl -column -compact "Samsung SWL-5200N" "AR5212" "Cardbus" "a/b/g" 94.It Em "Card Chip Bus Standard" 95.It "Aztech WL830PC AR5212 CardBus b/g" 96.It "D-Link DWL-A650 AR5210 CardBus a" 97.It "D-Link DWL-AB650 AR5211 CardBus a/b" 98.It "D-Link DWL-A520 AR5210 PCI a" 99.It "D-Link DWL-AG520 AR5212 PCI a/b/g" 100.It "D-Link DWL-AG650 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 101.It "D-Link DWL-G520B AR5212 PCI b/g" 102.It "D-Link DWL-G650B AR5212 CardBus b/g" 103.It "Elecom LD-WL54AG AR5212 Cardbus a/b/g" 104.It "Elecom LD-WL54 AR5211 Cardbus a" 105.It "Fujitsu E5454 AR5212 Cardbus a/b/g" 106.It "Fujitsu FMV-JW481 AR5212 Cardbus a/b/g" 107.It "Fujitsu E5454 AR5212 Cardbus a/b/g" 108.It "HP NC4000 AR5212 PCI a/b/g" 109.It "I/O Data WN-AB AR5212 CardBus a/b" 110.It "I/O Data WN-AG AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 111.It "I/O Data WN-A54 AR5212 CardBus a" 112.It "Linksys WMP55AG AR5212 PCI a/b/g" 113.It "Linksys WPC51AB AR5211 CardBus a/b" 114.It "Linksys WPC55AG AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 115.It "NEC PA-WL/54AG AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 116.It "Netgear WAG311 AR5212 PCI a/b/g" 117.It "Netgear WAB501 AR5211 CardBus a/b" 118.It "Netgear WAG511 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 119.It "Netgear WG311 (aka WG311v1) AR5212 PCI b/g" 120.It "Netgear WG311v2 AR5212 PCI b/g" 121.It "Netgear WG311T AR5212 PCI b/g" 122.It "Netgear WG511T AR5212 CardBus b/g" 123.It "Orinoco 8480 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 124.It "Orinoco 8470WD AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 125.It "Proxim Skyline 4030 AR5210 CardBus a" 126.It "Proxim Skyline 4032 AR5210 PCI a" 127.It "Samsung SWL-5200N AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 128.It "SMC SMC2735W AR5210 CardBus a" 129.It "Sony PCWA-C700 AR5212 Cardbus a/b" 130.It "Sony PCWA-C300S AR5212 Cardbus b/g" 131.It "Sony PCWA-C500 AR5210 Cardbus a" 132.It "3Com 3CRPAG175 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 133.It "TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 AR9380 PCIe a/b/g/n" 134.El 135.Sh SEE ALSO 136.Xr ath 4 137.Sh HISTORY 138The 139.Nm 140module first appeared in 141.Fx 5.2 142and was imported into 143.Dx 1.5 . 144.Sh BUGS 145See 146.Xr ath 4 147for known bugs. 148