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ar9271

ar9271 is an 802.11n 1-stream USB chipset by Atheros. This page covers its development.

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Mailing list

Since ar9271 support is not yet upstream and the driver is still being worked on we use the Linux driver project mailing list to track its development and patches:

http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel

Status

ar9271 support is still under development.

Development

If you'd like to work on development for ar9271 get the code first:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/ar9271.git

Firmware

ar9271 requires firmware, you can get ar9271fw from:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/athfw2lnx.git

Patches

You can send patches to:

To: mcgrof@gmail.com
Cc: devel@linuxdriverproject.org

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