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Out of the tree drivers(Unsupported)

Texas Instruments ? ? ?
Airgo/Qualcom ? ? ? ?
Atheros ? ? ? ? ?
NWN ? ? ? ?

Notes:

  1. 802.11a capabilities depend on the actual radio chip used.
  2. 802.11a devices exist, but currently can't be used with this driver, A/B/G devices will work in B/G mode only.
  3. There is support with a special, out-of-tree driver and special firmware, see http://sf.net/projects/ipw2200-ap.
  4. Slightly different mesh implementation than mac80211's, in firmware.
  5. Tested with RT2870/RT3070 driver
  6. Only some devices

Abandoned/Deprecated Drivers(Unsupported)

Driver Manufacturer cfg80211 AP ad-hoc mesh monitor PHY modes BUS Replaced by
ar9170usb ZyDAS/Atheros yes no yes no yes A(1)/B/G/N USB carl9170
arlan Aironet/Cisco no ? ? ? ? pre802.11 ISA -
at76_usb Atmel no no no no no B USB at76c50x-usb
netwave_cs Netwave/Xircom no ? ? ? ? pre802.11 PCMCIA -
otus ZyDAS/Atheros no ? no no no A/B/G/N USB carl9170
prism54 Intersil/Conexant no ? ? ? ? A/B/G PCI / PCMCIA p54pci
stlc45xx ST/Nokia yes no no no no B/G SPI p54spi
wavelan Lucent no ? ? ? ? pre802.11 ISA / PCMCIA -

en/users/drivers.1506085420.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/09/22 13:03 by Md Rayhan