ath5k
ath5k is a completely FOSS wireless driver for ar5000 Atheros based chipsets. It is now part John's of wireless-dev branch
Hacking ath5k
ath5k is currently only available through the ath5k branch of wireless-dev. Here is a quick primer on git you can use to start hacking on ath5k. To get ath5k: To get latest updates you can do: To hack on stuff, you can create your own branch by doing: Other cool git stuff: Now say I have two local branches, and I want to merge them. If I'm on local branch ath5k-my-latest and I want to merge with local branch ath5k-fix-foo, I do: git-clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-dev.git
cd wireless-dev
# Create a local "branch" called 'ath5k' based on John's remote 'origin/ath5k'
git checkout -b ath5k origin/ath5k
# Go back to the local master branch
git-checkout master
git-pull
git-checkout ath5k
git-rebase origin/ath5k
# To review the changes last registered:
git-log
# To review the changes made to ath5k, with a diff:
git-log -p drivers/net/wireless/ath5k*
git-checkout -b ath5k-fix-foo origin/ath5k
# hack hack hack
# To get a diff of your work:
git-diff > my_changes.diff
# Or if you just want to read them:
git-diff
# To revert to the original state of the branch:
git-checkout -f
# If instead you want to commit
git-commit -a
# To view local branches
git-branch -l
# To view all remote branches
git-branch -r
# get the SHA of two commits
git-log
# Then get the diff of them, by showing the logs in between
git-log -p d8a285c8f83f728be2d056e6d4b0909972789d51..9202ec15da36ca060722c363575e0e390d85fb71
# Since SHAs are pretty unique you can just give it a short version
# and it will try to match what is right:
git-log -p d8a28..9202e
git-pull . ath5k-fix-foo
caveats
This driver is VERY new and under HEAVY development. Some users have reported success, some others have haven't had luck
supported chips
Tested chipsets are AR5211
available devices
Please visit [http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility] for a complete list of supported devices
features
Supports 802.11abg, depending on the chipset, and some vendor extensions such as Atheros XR and Turbo. This driver requires no firmware!
working
Station Mode
not working yet
Access Point mode
Turbo
XR
Get driver
This driver is currently only in the ath5k branch of wireless-dev.