Add USB glue to ath(4) for AR9271

[Adrian Chadd]

hi,

yup. once someone gets the usb glue fleshed out I'll help with the HAL
side of things. Ther's not much missing for AR9271 and USB support in
the HAL - I just have to do it.



-adrian


On 3 June 2015 at 08:17, Ben Woods <woodsb02 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I just wanted to ask if anyone has intentions to add the USB glue to
> ath(4) to support AR9271 chipsets.
>
>
> I have a Think Penguin TPE-N150USBL which is a USB 802.11n wifi dongle
> that uses the AR9271 chipset, and has been "certified by the Free
> Software Foundation".
> https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-w-external-antenna-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usbl
> https://wikidevi.com/wiki/ThinkPenguin_TPE-N150USBL
>
>
> There is currently no support for it in FreeBSD, as highlighted here:
> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless/2013-November/004121.html
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/ath_hal%284%29/HardwareSupport
>
>
> Given how well Atheros chipsets are supported for PCI devices, I think
> once the USB glue was added they could be great performers (perhaps
> the only USB wifi dongles with 802.11n capability on FreeBSD)?!
>
>
> The output from usbconfig(8) is below:
>
> # usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 dump_device_desc
> ugen1.5: <UB93 ATHEROS> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps)
> pwr=ON (500mA)
>
>   bLength = 0x0012
>   bDescriptorType = 0x0001
>   bcdUSB = 0x0200
>   bDeviceClass = 0x00ff  <Vendor specific>
>   bDeviceSubClass = 0x00ff
>   bDeviceProtocol = 0x00ff
>   bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
>   idVendor = 0x0cf3
>   idProduct = 0x9271
>   bcdDevice = 0x0108
>   iManufacturer = 0x0010  <ATHEROS>
>   iProduct = 0x0020  <UB93>
>   iSerialNumber = 0x0030  <12345>
>   bNumConfigurations = 0x0001
>
>
> --
> From: Benjamin Woods
> woodsb02 at gmail.com
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