Bug 157778

Summary:	Broken doc link regarding Atheros products
Product:	Documentation	Reporter:	tedm
Component:	Books & Articles	Assignee:	Christian Brueffer <brueffer>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description tedm 2011-06-11 23:50:08 UTC

On URL:

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/hardware.html#WLAN

and probably in many other areas of the FreeBSD documentation,
the URL:

http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/default.asp

is referenced.  This URL is broken due to the May 2011 purchase
of Atheros by Qualcomm.

The new URL that appears to be similar is:

http://www.qca.qualcomm.com/technology/technology.php?nav1=47

Note that the old URL also appears to be in the man page for ath(4)

Unfortunately the new URL does not seem to be a database lookup
of which atheros chips are in aftermarket cards, so the supported
WiFi list is now very lacking, as an end user cannot pull the model
number of a PCMCIA wireless card and look it up in their database
to see if it contains an Atheros chip.

I did a bit of research and for what it's worth the D-Link
DWA-552 and DWA-556 contain the Atheros 5416 and 5418 chips,
respectively.  I don't know if they work with this driver.

Comment 1 Christian Brueffer freebsd_committer

2011-08-28 11:10:39 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->patched

You're right, the link is broken.  However, the link you provided only lists the 
different chipsets that exist, not the cards built upon those chipsets.  I don't 
think that's particulary helpful, so I just went ahead and removed the broken link. 
I hope that works for you. Thanks!

Comment 2 Christian Brueffer freebsd_committer

2011-08-28 11:10:39 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->brueffer

MFC reminder.

Comment 3 dfilter service freebsd_committer

2011-08-28 11:10:46 UTC

Author: brueffer
Date: Sun Aug 28 10:10:31 2011
New Revision: 225228
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/225228

Log:
  Remove broken link to supported wifi cards. There doesn't appear to
  be an equivalent list anywhere else.
  
  PR:		157778
  Submitted by:	Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@mittelstaedt.us>
  Approved by:	re (blackend)
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/share/man/man4/ath.4
  head/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4

Modified: head/share/man/man4/ath.4
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/ath.4	Sun Aug 28 09:26:48 2011	(r225227)
+++ head/share/man/man4/ath.4	Sun Aug 28 10:10:31 2011	(r225228)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"/
-.Dd March 21, 2010
+.Dd August 28, 2011
 .Dt ATH 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -156,9 +156,6 @@ The
 .Nm
 driver supports all Atheros Cardbus and PCI cards,
 except those that are based on the AR5005VL chipset.
-.Pp
-A list of cards that are supported can be found at
-.Pa http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/default.asp .
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 Join a specific BSS network with WEP encryption:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent

Modified: head/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4	Sun Aug 28 09:26:48 2011	(r225227)
+++ head/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4	Sun Aug 28 10:10:31 2011	(r225228)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"/
-.Dd March 25, 2009
+.Dd August 28, 2011
 .Dt ATH_HAL 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ module:
 .It "Sony PCWA-C500	AR5210	Cardbus	a"
 .It "3Com 3CRPAG175	AR5212	CardBus	a/b/g"
 .El
-.Pp
-An up to date list can be found at
-.Pa http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts .
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr ath 4
 .Sh HISTORY
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Comment 4 Christian Brueffer freebsd_committer

2011-09-04 15:30:32 UTC

State Changed
From-To: patched->closed

MFCs done.