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ath9k_htc
ath9k_htc provides hardware support for Atheros AR9001 and AR9002 family hardware.
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The driver was submitted upstream for inclusion and it will be available soon through a compat-wireless-2.6.34 release after it gets merged into the wireless-testing and linux-next git trees. Subscribe to this page if you want to get notified when this happens.
Chipsets supported
- AR9271
Supported Devices
See the ath9k_htc device list.
Mailing list
https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
Configuring your kernel
Enable these options in your kernel config.
CONFIG_ATH_COMMON=m CONFIG_ATH9K_HW=m CONFIG_ATH9K_COMMON=m CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC=m
Firmware
ar9271 requires firmware, you can get ar9271.fw from the firmware tree.
Supported Features
- Station Mode
- Monitor Mode
- IBSS Mode
- Legacy (11g) operation
- HT support
- TX/RX 11n AMPDU aggregation
- HW Encryption
- LED
TODO
- Suspend/Resume
- Powersave
Debugging
See here.