Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:39:12 -0400 | Subject | Re: 3com 3crxjk10075 with ath5k driver | From | Bob Copeland <> |
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On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:51 PM, William Thompson<wt@electro-mechanical.com> wrote: > This card has the "xjack" antennae which is supposed to disable the radio (I > thought it was in hardware, but it's not) when it is not extended. The > madwifi driver (Last time I actually used this card with it) did disable the > radio (Or refused packets, not sure which).
Huh, I wonder how that works. Is disabling the radio an advertised feature? i.e. as opposed to just not working because the antenna is in?
> The kernel ath5k driver (last tested 2.6.29.4) will work regardless if the > antannae is in or out.
I suppose it could be asserting something on rfkill gpios; ath5k hasn't had real rfkill support yet. Anyone else know about these devices?
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