Subject: Re: ATH WiFi cards
To: NetBSD hpcsh Mailing List <port-hpcsh@netbsd.org>
From: Michael McCormack <jne@iinet.net.au>
List: port-hpcsh
Date: 07/11/2005 18:53:26
Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 13:57:43 +1000, Michael McCormack wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Does anyone have (or can borrow) an ATH based WiFi card to test if the
>>>ATH HAL binary for sh3 works (-current)?
>>
>>I was under the impression that ATH cards were all 32-bit/cardbus,
> 
> 
> I suspect that much, but all too often web sites call CardBus cards
> PCMCIA anyway, and that makes googling a bit harder.  I have no idea
> if chipset can be used with 16-bit PCMCIA bus, I figure it doesn't
> hurt to ask. :)
> 
> SY, Uwe

IIRC, a 32-bit card won't physically fit in a 16-bit slot. The grooves 
on the sides of the card are different.

Regardless; man ath reports that the devices can only be attached to pci 
or cardbus buses.

-Michael.