ATH_HAL(4)

NAME
ath_hal - Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL)

SYNOPSIS
device ath_hal
options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416

DESCRIPTION
The hal provides hardware support for wireless network adapters based on the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR2413, AR2417, AR2425, AR5413, AR5416, AR5418, AR5424, AR9160, AR9220, AR9280, AR9285, AR9287, AR9380, AR9390, AR9580, AR9590, AR9562 and QCA9565 chips (and companion RF/baseband parts). This code is part of the ath(4) driver but configured separately to allow fine-grained control over the set of chips supported. Selecting ath_hal enables support for all PCI and Cardbus devices. Note this includes AR5416, AR5418, AR9130, AR9160, AR9220, AR9280, AR9285 and AR9287 devices and must be accompanied by the AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 option to enable the extended hardware descriptor format used by AR5416 and later devices.

Some devices come in Cardbus/MiniPCI/PCI format. Others (for example AR2413, AR2427, AR5418, AR9280, AR9285, AR9287) come in PCIe, Mini-PCIe or ExpressCard format.

Historically this code has been released in a binary-only form and packaged as a separate module. With the release of source code for the hal this is no longer true and the code is tightly integrated with the driver.

HARDWARE
The following cards are among those supported by the ath_hal module:

Card | Chip | Bus | Standard
Aztech WL830PC | AR5212 | CardBus | b/g
D-Link DWL-A650 | AR5210 | CardBus | a
D-Link DWL-AB650 | AR5211 | CardBus | a/b
D-Link DWL-A520 | AR5210 | PCI | a
D-Link DWL-AG520 | AR5212 | PCI | a/b/g
D-Link DWL-AG650 | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g
D-Link DWL-G520B | AR5212 | PCI | b/g
D-Link DWL-G650B | AR5212 | CardBus | b/g
Elecom LD-WL54AG | AR5212 | Cardbus | a/b/g
Elecom LD-WL54 | AR5211 | Cardbus | a
Fujitsu E5454 | AR5212 | Cardbus | a/b/g
Fujitsu FMV-JW481 | AR5212 | Cardbus | a/b/g
Fujitsu E5454 | AR5212 | Cardbus | a/b/g
HP NC4000 | AR5212 | PCI | a/b/g
I/O Data WN-AB | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b
I/O Data WN-AG | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g
I/O Data WN-A54 | AR5212 | CardBus | a
Linksys WMP55AG | AR5212 | PCI | a/b/g
Linksys WPC51AB | AR5211 | CardBus | a/b
Linksys WPC55AG | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g
NEC PA-WL/54AG | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g
Netgear WAG311 | AR5212 | PCI | a/b/g
Netgear WAB501 | AR5211 | CardBus | a/b
Netgear WAG511 | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g
Netgear WG311 (aka WG311v1) | AR5212 | PCI | b/g
Netgear WG311v2 | AR5212 | PCI | b/g
Netgear WG311T | AR5212 | PCI | b/g
Netgear WG511T | AR5212 | CardBus | b/g
Orinoco 8480 | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g
Orinoco 8470WD | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g
Proxim Skyline 4030 | AR5210 | CardBus | a
Proxim Skyline 4032 | AR5210 | PCI | a
Samsung SWL-5200N | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g
SMC SMC2735W | AR5210 | CardBus | a
Sony PCWA-C700 | AR5212 | Cardbus | a/b
Sony PCWA-C300S | AR5212 | Cardbus | b/g
Sony PCWA-C500 | AR5210 | Cardbus | a
3Com 3CRPAG175 | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g
TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 | AR9380 | PCIe | a/b/g/n

SEE ALSO
ath(4)

HISTORY
The ath_hal module first appeared in FreeBSD 5.2 and was imported into DragonFly 1.5.

BUGS
See ath(4) for known bugs.