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Atheros Linux wireless drivers
This page documents all Atheros Communications Linux wireless drivers.
Shared modules
The common shared module between ath5k, ath9k, and ar9170 is ath.ko.
IRC
For support and development for all drivers we use the #linux-wireless IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.
PCI / PCI-E / AHB Drivers
USB Drivers
Technology |
Legacy driver |
Upstream driver |
802.11b |
None |
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802.11bg |
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802.11abg |
<none> |
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802.11abgn |
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802.11bgn |
<none> |
Mobile
Licensing
To help other FOSS Operating Systems, when possible, Atheros licenses their device drivers source code under a permissive license. Atheros picked the ISC License due to historical reasons, mainly that of the ath5k developers also choosing it to help share code between Linux and OpenBSD. Atheros follows this tradition to further assist not only OpenBSD but also other FOSS Operating Systems. There are a few exceptions to using the ISC license on Atheros drivers, when in doubt consult the header of the file for the respective license of the file.