On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 19:21 +0100, Gábor Stefanik wrote: > >> >> Hmm... rev8 SPROM in an N-PHY? >> >> Or is this a "low-cost" N-PHY with actual N support disabled >> (similar >> >> to Ralink RT2070)? >> > >> > I have no idea what you mean by "low-cost" N PHY ... this should be >> a >> > 2x2 device. > >> I thought it was a device that was based on the N-PHY design, but >> without support for any 802.11n features. > > FWIW, aside from the discussion about SPROM formats which Larry > clarified, there's no such thing. > > IMHO a manufacturer would have to be immensely stupid to build an N-PHY > design based (!) chip that doesn't at least support MCS rates 0 through > 7, i.e. 1x1 11n operation. Well, check Atheros and Ralink for an example. Usually, such chips aren't "built" on purpose, rather, they have 802.11n support disabled due to having been found defective (but usable in 802.11g mode) during manufacturing. > > johannes > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- 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
