The work to open WLAN-chipsets - OpenBSD's ath
- Supports some 802.11a/b/g chipsets by Atheros ("ar5xxx")
- Started as the "ar5k"-project for Linux in 2002
- Implemented a free driver for the AR5000, the first 802.11a chipset
- Atheros wasn't really happy about it,
- hired a developer who wrote the ath-driver with a binary-only HAL
- which has been imported by FreeBSD and NetBSD
- ported to Linux calling it the "madwifi"-driver
- and never ever got imported into OpenBSD
- The free alternative has been based on the efforts of ar5k
- It has been re-written as an "Open HAL" for OpenBSD using ath
"Because It Has To Be Free / WLAN Support In OpenBSD",
BSDCan, Ottawa,
2005-05-13
Reyk Floeter (reyk@openbsd.org)
OpenBSD Project (http://www.openbsd.org/)
Reyk Floeter (reyk@openbsd.org)
OpenBSD Project (http://www.openbsd.org/)