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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: src/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4,v 1.13 2009/03/25 21:20:19 sam Exp $ 30.\" 31.Dd April 27, 2010 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" 40or 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_ar9160" 55.Cd "device ath_ar9280" 56.Cd "options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416" 57.Sh DESCRIPTION 58The hal provides hardware support for wireless network adapters based on 59the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR2413, AR2417, AR2425, 60AR5413, AR5416, AR5418, AR5424, AR9160, and AR9280 chips (and companion 61RF/baseband parts). 62This code is part of the 63.Xr ath 4 64driver but configured separately to allow fine-grained control 65over the set of chips supported. 66Selecting 67.Nm 68enables support for all PCI and Cardbus devices. 69Note this includes AR5416, AR9160, and AR9280 devices and 70must be accompanied by the 71AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 72option to enable the extended hardware descriptor format used by 73AR5416 and later devices. 74.Pp 75Devices supported come in either Cardbus or mini-PCI packages. 76.Pp 77Historically this code has been released in a binary-only form 78and packaged as a separate module. 79With the release of source code for the hal this is no longer true 80and the code is tightly integrated with the driver. 81.Sh HARDWARE 82The following cards are among those supported by the 83.Nm 84module: 85.Pp 86.Bl -column -compact "Samsung SWL-5200N" "AR5212" "Cardbus" "a/b/g" 87.It Em "Card Chip Bus Standard" 88.It "Aztech WL830PC AR5212 CardBus b/g" 89.It "D-Link DWL-A650 AR5210 CardBus a" 90.It "D-Link DWL-AB650 AR5211 CardBus a/b" 91.It "D-Link DWL-A520 AR5210 PCI a" 92.It "D-Link DWL-AG520 AR5212 PCI a/b/g" 93.It "D-Link DWL-AG650 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 94.It "D-Link DWL-G520B AR5212 PCI b/g" 95.It "D-Link DWL-G650B AR5212 CardBus b/g" 96.It "Elecom LD-WL54AG AR5212 Cardbus a/b/g" 97.It "Elecom LD-WL54 AR5211 Cardbus a" 98.It "Fujitsu E5454 AR5212 Cardbus a/b/g" 99.It "Fujitsu FMV-JW481 AR5212 Cardbus a/b/g" 100.It "Fujitsu E5454 AR5212 Cardbus a/b/g" 101.It "HP NC4000 AR5212 PCI a/b/g" 102.It "I/O Data WN-AB AR5212 CardBus a/b" 103.It "I/O Data WN-AG AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 104.It "I/O Data WN-A54 AR5212 CardBus a" 105.It "Linksys WMP55AG AR5212 PCI a/b/g" 106.It "Linksys WPC51AB AR5211 CardBus a/b" 107.It "Linksys WPC55AG AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 108.It "NEC PA-WL/54AG AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 109.It "Netgear WAG311 AR5212 PCI a/b/g" 110.It "Netgear WAB501 AR5211 CardBus a/b" 111.It "Netgear WAG511 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 112.It "Netgear WG311 AR5212 PCI b/g" 113.It "Netgear WG511T AR5212 CardBus b/g" 114.It "Orinoco 8480 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 115.It "Orinoco 8470WD AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 116.It "Proxim Skyline 4030 AR5210 CardBus a" 117.It "Proxim Skyline 4032 AR5210 PCI a" 118.It "Samsung SWL-5200N AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 119.It "SMC SMC2735W AR5210 CardBus a" 120.It "Sony PCWA-C700 AR5212 Cardbus a/b" 121.It "Sony PCWA-C300S AR5212 Cardbus b/g" 122.It "Sony PCWA-C500 AR5210 Cardbus a" 123.It "3Com 3CRPAG175 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" 124.El 125.Pp 126An up to date list can be found at 127.Pa http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts . 128.Sh SEE ALSO 129.Xr ath 4 130.Sh HISTORY 131The 132.Nm 133module first appeared in 134.Fx 5.2 135and was imported into 136.Dx 1.5 . 137.Sh BUGS 138See 139.Xr ath 4 140for known bugs. 141