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35.Dd November 17, 2008
36.Dt ATH_HAL 4
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm ath_hal
40.Nd "Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL)"
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42To compile this driver into the kernel,
43place the following line in your
44kernel configuration file:
45.Bd -ragged -offset indent
46.Cd "device ath_hal"
47.Ed
48.Pp
49Alternatively, to load the driver as a
50module at boot time, place the following line in
51.Xr loader.conf 5 :
52.Bd -literal -offset indent
53ath_hal_load="YES"
54.Ed
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Nm
58module provides hardware support for wireless network adapters based on
59the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, and AR5212 chips.
60This module is required by the
61.Xr ath 4
62driver.
63.Pp
64Devices supported by the
65.Nm
66module come in either Cardbus or mini-PCI packages.
67.Sh HARDWARE
68The following cards are among those supported by the
69.Nm
70module:
71.Pp
72.Bl -column -compact "Samsung SWL-5200N" "AR5212" "Cardbus" "a/b/g"
73.It Em "Card	Chip	Bus	Standard"
74.It "Aztech WL830PC	AR5212	CardBus	b/g"
75.It "D-Link DWL-A650	AR5210	CardBus	a"
76.It "D-Link DWL-AB650	AR5211	CardBus	a/b"
77.It "D-Link DWL-A520	AR5210	PCI	a"
78.It "D-Link DWL-AG520	AR5212	PCI	a/b/g"
79.It "D-Link DWL-AG650	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
80.It "D-Link DWL-G520B	AR5212	PCI	b/g"
81.It "D-Link DWL-G650B	AR5212	CardBus	b/g"
82.It "Elecom LD-WL54AG	AR5212	Cardbus	a/b/g"
83.It "Elecom LD-WL54	AR5211	Cardbus	a"
84.It "Fujitsu E5454	AR5212	Cardbus	a/b/g"
85.It "Fujitsu FMV-JW481	AR5212	Cardbus	a/b/g"
86.It "Fujitsu E5454	AR5212	Cardbus	a/b/g"
87.It "HP NC4000	AR5212	PCI	a/b/g"
88.It "I/O Data WN-AB	AR5212	CardBus	a/b"
89.It "I/O Data WN-AG	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
90.It "I/O Data WN-A54	AR5212	CardBus	a"
91.It "Linksys WMP55AG	AR5212	PCI	a/b/g"
92.It "Linksys WPC51AB	AR5211	CardBus	a/b"
93.It "Linksys WPC55AG	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
94.It "NEC PA-WL/54AG	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
95.It "Netgear WAG311	AR5212	PCI	a/b/g"
96.It "Netgear WAB501	AR5211	CardBus	a/b"
97.It "Netgear WAG511	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
98.It "Netgear WG311	AR5212	PCI	b/g"
99.It "Netgear WG511T	AR5212	CardBus	b/g"
100.It "Orinoco 8480	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
101.It "Orinoco 8470WD	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
102.It "Proxim Skyline 4030	AR5210	CardBus	a"
103.It "Proxim Skyline 4032	AR5210	PCI	a"
104.It "Samsung SWL-5200N	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
105.It "SMC SMC2735W	AR5210	CardBus	a"
106.It "Sony PCWA-C700	AR5212	Cardbus	a/b"
107.It "Sony PCWA-C300S	AR5212	Cardbus	b/g"
108.It "Sony PCWA-C500	AR5210	Cardbus	a"
109.It "3Com 3CRPAG175	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
110.El
111.Pp
112An up to date list can be found at
113.Pp
114.Pa http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts .
115.Sh SEE ALSO
116.Xr ath 4
117.Sh HISTORY
118The
119.Nm
120module first appeared in
121.Fx 5.2
122and was imported into
123.Dx 1.5 .
124.Sh CAVEATS
125The
126.Nm
127module is constructed from a binary component and
128operating system-dependent source code.
129Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, without
130modification, are permitted provided that the conditions
131set forth in
132.Pa sys/contrib/dev/ath/COPYRIGHT
133are observed.
134.Sh BUGS
135See
136.Xr ath 4
137for known bugs.
138