1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2002, 2003 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\"" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer, 10.\" without modification. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce at minimum a disclaimer 12.\" similar to the "NO WARRANTY" disclaimer below ("Disclaimer") and any 13.\" redistribution must be conditioned upon including a substantially 14.\" similar Disclaimer requirement for further binary redistribution. 15.\" 3. Neither the names of the above-listed copyright holders nor the names 16.\" of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 17.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. 18.\" 19.\" NO WARRANTY 20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS 21.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT 22.\" LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTIBILITY 23.\" AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL 24.\" THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, 25.\" OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 26.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 27.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER 28.\" IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 29.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF 30.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 31.\" 32.\" $FreeBSD$ 33.\"/ 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 63Linksys WMP55AG AR5212 PCI 64Linksys WPC51AB AR5211 Cardbus 65Linksys WPC55AG AR5212 Cardbus 66Netgear WAB501 AR5211 Cardbus 67Netgear WAG511 AR5212 Cardbus 68.El 69.Sh SEE ALSO 70.Xr ath 4 71.Re 72.Sh HISTORY 73The 74.Nm 75module first appeared in 76.Fx 5.2 . 77.Sh CAVEATS 78The 79.Nm 80module is constructed from a binary component and 81operating system-dependent source code. 82Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, without 83modification, are permitted provided that the conditions 84set forth in 85.Pa sys/contrib/dev/ath/COPYRIGHT 86are observed. 87.Sh BUGS 88See 89.Xr ath 4 90for known bugs. 91