2009/1/12 Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Am Montag, 12. Januar 2009 schrieb Nick Kossifidis: >> 2009/1/12 Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> > At least one ar5211 card (GIGABYTE GN-WLMA101, 168c:0012 subsystem >> > 1458:e800) reports itself as 11g capable which seems to be a bug in the >> > eeprom. initvals.c assumes that ar5211 is only 11b capable and thus refuses >> > to initialize this card. Hence this patch changes the probing for 11g >> > capabilities to discard 11g capabilities for ar5211 cards which allows this >> > specific card to work fine in 11b and 11a modes. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > --- >> > >> > Is anybody aware of 11g-capable ar5211 cards which would be limited by >> > this patch? > > [...] > >> This should be O.K. for now but i think AR5211 supports the so called >> "pureg" mode which means ofdm only g (no cck headers etc). > > Sounds reasonable, yes. > >> It seems >> radio (RF5111) supports g mode (it can be found on AR5212 abg cards) > > I guess you mean RF2111, right? RF5111 should be 11a. > > I've just found a product sheet at [1] that states that the RF2111 > supports "802.11g draft standard". I guess that's exactly what you've > described as "pureg" mode. > > Thanks, > Helmut > > [1] ftp://ftp.riss-telecom.ru/pub/wireless/doc/atheros/AR5001X.pdf > RF5111 is the RF chip, RF2111 is a frequency converter with cck support, check this out.. http://www.hotchips.org/archives/hc14/3_Tue/16_mcfarland.pdf -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
