Subject: Re: Doubt about hpcmips
To: Alan Post <apost@recalcitrant.org>
From: Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/04/2005 06:38:32
On 7/2/05, Alan Post <apost@recalcitrant.org> wrote:
> In article <20050702144517.GA24023@boogers.sf.ca.us>, Jeff Rizzo wrote:
> >
> > Yes, for the most part, platform-independent drivers allow hardware
> > to work on all NetBSD platforms that support a particular bus.  I
> > have successfully used a Lucent WaveLAN ("wi") card on an hpcsh
> > device; I see no reason why any card supported by NetBSD wouldn't
> > work for you.
>=20
> How would an ath(4) work on hpcmips?

Seems strange to ask that when the man page says this:

Chip-specific support is
     provided by the Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL), which is currentl=
y
     available only in binary form for selected architectures.

And the previous post said "most" not "all".

Andy