Reverse engineering; How to...

[Jason Hellenthal]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 09:20:27AM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 04:33:17PM -0400, Brandon Falk wrote:
> > Reverse engineering a whole driver could take a very long time, even with the
> > proper tools. If it's possible, return the adapter, and buy a new one and verify
> > that the chipset is supported before you buy it. Last time I bought a wireless
> > card I sat in the store looking at the Wireless support list for BSD before buying.
> > 
> > http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html#WLAN
> > 
> > I very strongly suggest that you get a card with an Atheros chipset, as those
> > are by far the best supported on BSD.
> 
> sure, but how?
> 
> I've tried very hard to get a pccard with
> an atheros chip, but you just can't trust
> the label. Guides like e.g. this: http://atheros.rapla.net/
> are unreliable. I've bought several
> cards, which supposedly have an atheros
> chip in them, only to discover they had
> something else inside.
> 
> Can you recommend a pccard model that is guaranteed
> to have a supported atheros chip inside?
> 

Linksys WMP110

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