device ath compile in kernel

[Eric Schuele]

John Murphy wrote:
> dick hoogendijk <dick at nagual.st> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 09:42:05 -0500
>> Eric Schuele <e.schuele at computer.org> wrote:
>>
>>> dick hoogendijk wrote:
>>>> How do I add my ath card ? Loading it from /boot/loader.conf goes
>>>> well, but I want it in the kernel.
>>>>
>>> I've got the following:
>>> # wLAN stuff
>>> device wlan_wep
>>> device wlan_ccmp
>>> device wlan_tkip
>>>
>>> # Ath NIC
>>> device ath
>>> device ath_hal
>>> device ath_rate_sample   # <- probably what you are missing.
>> That was it. Thank you very much.
> 
> Hmm.  Running '6.0 here with ath compiled into the kernel and there
> is no mention of ath_rate_sample in the ath man page.  The synopsis
> goes:
>      device ath
>      device ath_hal
>      device ath_rate_onoe
>      device wlan
> 
> Has ath_rate_onoe been replaced by ath_rate_sample in '6.1?

Not "replaced by".  you can use whichever you like. Though it's my 
understanding that ath_rate_sample is the *preferred* algorithm.

In the 6.1-RC man pages, *_onoe is not mentioned, while *_sample is.

> 
> I feel quite pleased to have got mine running with an ipsec
> esp tunnel, mostly by adapting the instructions at:
> http://genomics.lbl.gov/~tham/wifi-ipsec.txt
> 


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Regards,
Eric