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34.Dd June 23, 2003
35.Dt ATH_HAL 4
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm ath_hal
39.Nd "Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL)"
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Cd "device ath_hal"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45module provides hardware support for wireless network adapters based on
46the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, and AR5212 chips.
47This module is required by the
48.Xr ath 4
49driver.
50.Pp
51Devices supported by the
52.Nm
53module come in either Cardbus or mini-PCI packages.
54The following cards are among those supported by the
55.Nm
56module:
57.Pp
58.Bl -column -compact "D-Link DWL-AG650" "AR5212" "Cardbus"
59.Em "Card	Chip	Bus"
60D-Link DWL-AB650	AR5211	CardBus
61D-Link DWL-AG520	AR5212	PCI
62D-Link DWL-AG650	AR5212	CardBus
63I/O Data WN-AG/CB	AR5212	CardBus
64Linksys WMP55AG	AR5212	PCI
65Linksys WPC51AB	AR5211	CardBus
66Linksys WPC55AG	AR5212	CardBus
67NEC PA-WL/54AG	AR5212	CardBus
68Netgear WAB501	AR5211	CardBus
69Netgear WAG511	AR5212	CardBus
70Proxim Skyline 4030	AR5210	CardBus
71.El
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr ath 4
74.Re
75.Sh HISTORY
76The
77.Nm
78module first appeared in
79.Fx 5.2 .
80.Sh CAVEATS
81The
82.Nm
83module is constructed from a binary component and
84operating system-dependent source code.
85Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, without
86modification, are permitted provided that the conditions
87set forth in
88.Pa sys/contrib/dev/ath/COPYRIGHT
89are observed.
90.Sh BUGS
91See
92.Xr ath 4
93for known bugs.
94