OpenBSD: Atheros USB AR5005UG/AR5005UX and Connexant/Intersil Prism GT driver download

last updated in Categories OpenBSD, Wireless networking

This news just comes in. I need to install for this AR5005UG chipset based card.

From the article, “Two new wireless drivers have been comitted recently. You can grab the newest snapshot (9/16/06) and test them out if you have one of these cards.

uath(4), a driver for Atheros USB2.0 AR5005UG/AR5005UX chipsets. Based on a black-box analysis of the Windows binary driver.

pgt(4), a driver for Connexant/Intersil GT-series devices which can support the Full-Mac firmwares, using the ISL3877, ISL3880, and ISL3890 chips.”

More info

  • uath – Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device
  • pgt – Connexant/Intersil Prism GT Full-MAC IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless net-
    work device

Found via The OpenBSD Community site

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