| ATH_HAL(4) | Device Drivers Manual | ATH_HAL(4) |
ath_hal — Atheros
Hardware Access Layer (HAL)
device ath_hal
options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 or
device ath_ar5210
device ath_ar5211
device ath_ar5212
device ath_rf2413
device ath_rf2417
device ath_rf2425
device ath_rf5111
device ath_rf5112
device ath_rf5413
device ath_ar5416
device ath_ar9130
device ath_ar9160
device ath_ar9280
device ath_ar9285
device ath_ar9287
device ath_ar9300
options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
The hal provides hardware support for wireless network adapters
based on the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR2413, AR2417, AR2425,
AR5413, AR5416, AR5418, AR5424, AR9160, AR9220, AR9280, AR9285, AR9287,
AR9380, AR9390, AR9580, AR9590, AR9562 and QCA9565 chips (and companion
RF/baseband parts). This code is part of the ath(4) driver
but configured separately to allow fine-grained control over the set of
chips supported. Selecting ath_hal enables support
for all PCI and Cardbus devices. Note this includes AR5416, AR5418, AR9130,
AR9160, AR9220, AR9280, AR9285 and AR9287 devices and must be accompanied by
the AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 option to enable the extended hardware descriptor
format used by AR5416 and later devices.
Some devices come in Cardbus/MiniPCI/PCI format. Others (for example AR2413, AR2427, AR5418, AR9280, AR9285, AR9287) come in PCIe, Mini-PCIe or ExpressCard format.
Historically this code has been released in a binary-only form and packaged as a separate module. With the release of source code for the hal this is no longer true and the code is tightly integrated with the driver.
The following cards are among those supported by the
ath_hal module:
| Card | Chip | Bus | Standard |
| Aztech WL830PC | AR5212 | CardBus | b/g |
| D-Link DWL-A650 | AR5210 | CardBus | a |
| D-Link DWL-AB650 | AR5211 | CardBus | a/b |
| D-Link DWL-A520 | AR5210 | PCI | a |
| D-Link DWL-AG520 | AR5212 | PCI | a/b/g |
| D-Link DWL-AG650 | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g |
| D-Link DWL-G520B | AR5212 | PCI | b/g |
| D-Link DWL-G650B | AR5212 | CardBus | b/g |
| Elecom LD-WL54AG | AR5212 | Cardbus | a/b/g |
| Elecom LD-WL54 | AR5211 | Cardbus | a |
| Fujitsu E5454 | AR5212 | Cardbus | a/b/g |
| Fujitsu FMV-JW481 | AR5212 | Cardbus | a/b/g |
| Fujitsu E5454 | AR5212 | Cardbus | a/b/g |
| HP NC4000 | AR5212 | PCI | a/b/g |
| I/O Data WN-AB | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b |
| I/O Data WN-AG | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g |
| I/O Data WN-A54 | AR5212 | CardBus | a |
| Linksys WMP55AG | AR5212 | PCI | a/b/g |
| Linksys WPC51AB | AR5211 | CardBus | a/b |
| Linksys WPC55AG | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g |
| NEC PA-WL/54AG | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g |
| Netgear WAG311 | AR5212 | PCI | a/b/g |
| Netgear WAB501 | AR5211 | CardBus | a/b |
| Netgear WAG511 | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g |
| Netgear WG311 (aka WG311v1) | AR5212 | PCI | b/g |
| Netgear WG311v2 | AR5212 | PCI | b/g |
| Netgear WG311T | AR5212 | PCI | b/g |
| Netgear WG511T | AR5212 | CardBus | b/g |
| Orinoco 8480 | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g |
| Orinoco 8470WD | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g |
| Proxim Skyline 4030 | AR5210 | CardBus | a |
| Proxim Skyline 4032 | AR5210 | PCI | a |
| Samsung SWL-5200N | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g |
| SMC SMC2735W | AR5210 | CardBus | a |
| Sony PCWA-C700 | AR5212 | Cardbus | a/b |
| Sony PCWA-C300S | AR5212 | Cardbus | b/g |
| Sony PCWA-C500 | AR5210 | Cardbus | a |
| 3Com 3CRPAG175 | AR5212 | CardBus | a/b/g |
| TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 | AR9380 | PCIe | a/b/g/n |
The ath_hal module first appeared in
FreeBSD 5.2.
See ath(4) for known bugs.
| July 22, 2013 | Debian |