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34.Dd August 26, 2004
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.
54.Sh HARDWARE
55The following cards are among those supported by the
56.Nm
57module:
58.Pp
59.Bl -column -compact "Samsung SWL-5200N" "AR5212" "Cardbus" "a/b/g"
60.It Em "Card	Chip	Bus	Standard"
61.It "Aztech WL830PC	AR5212	CardBus	b/g"
62.It "D-Link DWL-A650	AR5210	CardBus	a"
63.It "D-Link DWL-AB650	AR5211	CardBus	a/b"
64.It "D-Link DWL-A520	AR5210	PCI	a"
65.It "D-Link DWL-AG520	AR5212	PCI	a/b/g"
66.It "D-Link DWL-AG650	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
67.It "D-Link DWL-G520B	AR5212	PCI	b/g"
68.It "D-Link DWL-G650B	AR5212	CardBus	b/g"
69.It "Elecom LD-WL54AG	AR5212	Cardbus	a/b/g"
70.It "Elecom LD-WL54	AR5211	Cardbus	a"
71.It "Fujitsu E5454	AR5212	Cardbus	a/b/g"
72.It "Fujitsu FMV-JW481	AR5212	Cardbus	a/b/g"
73.It "Fujitsu E5454	AR5212	Cardbus	a/b/g"
74.It "HP NC4000	AR5212	PCI	a/b/g"
75.It "I/O Data WN-AB	AR5212	CardBus	a/b"
76.It "I/O Data WN-AG	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
77.It "I/O Data WN-A54	AR5212	CardBus	a"
78.It "Linksys WMP55AG	AR5212	PCI	a/b/g"
79.It "Linksys WPC51AB	AR5211	CardBus	a/b"
80.It "Linksys WPC55AG	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
81.It "NEC PA-WL/54AG	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
82.It "Netgear WAG311	AR5212	PCI	a/b/g"
83.It "Netgear WAB501	AR5211	CardBus	a/b"
84.It "Netgear WAG511	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
85.It "Netgear WG311	AR5212	PCI	b/g"
86.It "Netgear WG511T	AR5212	CardBus	b/g"
87.It "Orinoco 8480	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
88.It "Orinoco 8470WD	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
89.It "Proxim Skyline 4030	AR5210	CardBus	a"
90.It "Proxim Skyline 4032	AR5210	PCI	a"
91.It "Samsung SWL-5200N	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
92.It "SMC SMC2735W	AR5210	CardBus	a"
93.It "Sony PCWA-C700	AR5212	Cardbus	a/b"
94.It "Sony PCWA-C300S	AR5212	Cardbus	b/g"
95.It "Sony PCWA-C500	AR5210	Cardbus	a"
96.It "3Com 3CRPAG175	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
97.El
98.Pp
99An up to date list can be found at
100.Pa http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts .
101.Sh SEE ALSO
102.Xr ath 4
103.Sh HISTORY
104The
105.Nm
106module first appeared in
107.Fx 5.2 .
108.Sh CAVEATS
109The
110.Nm
111module is constructed from a binary component and
112operating system-dependent source code.
113Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, without
114modification, are permitted provided that the conditions
115set forth in
116.Pa sys/contrib/dev/ath/COPYRIGHT
117are observed.
118.Sh BUGS
119See
120.Xr ath 4
121for known bugs.
122