ath5k supports both rf parts (RF5112/RF2112), MAC chip is different
however (i'll need to check it out)

2008/10/17, Benoit PAPILLAULT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> Felix Fietkau a écrit :
>> Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>>> http://support.dlink.com/products/view.asp?productid=DWL-G520M
>>>
>>> AR5513 is dual band 5 GHZ/2.4 GHZ radio. This seems to come with
>>> AR5112 or AR2112 which I think are the MACs. Not sure if we support
>>> these yet, will have to check in ath5k. We also released our legacy
>>> HAL and well that has exactly what I have access to   :-P     So lets
>>> see... a quick grep shows:
>> IIRC, AR511* are RF parts, not MACs
>> Also I seem to remember from reading a certain codebase, that AR5513 is
>> quite different from regular AR5212 stuff. It seems to do more processing
>> on-chip, but I'm not entirely sure what those differences are.
>> My guess is that the fusion based legacy HAL might not support this
>> either.
>>
>> - Felix
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> Moreover, it seems that AR5513 has audio/video capabilities as well :
> http://www.atheros.com/pt/AR5005VA.htm
>
> I just did a list of all the ARxxxx references I found on Atheros.Com
> website in order to better understand all the parts. What I learn is
> that almost all chipsets have a reference for the MAC/BB part (like
> AR5213) + one/two references for the RF part (like AR5112/AR2112).
>
> Regards,
> Benoît
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