Reverse engineering; How to...

[Anton Shterenlikht]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:49:31AM -0400, Jason Hellenthal wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 09:20:27AM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 04:33:17PM -0400, Brandon Falk wrote:
> > > Reverse engineering a whole driver could take a very long time, even with the
> > > proper tools. If it's possible, return the adapter, and buy a new one and verify
> > > that the chipset is supported before you buy it. Last time I bought a wireless
> > > card I sat in the store looking at the Wireless support list for BSD before buying.
> > > 
> > > http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html#WLAN
> > > 
> > > I very strongly suggest that you get a card with an Atheros chipset, as those
> > > are by far the best supported on BSD.
> > 
> > sure, but how?
> > 
> > I've tried very hard to get a pccard with
> > an atheros chip, but you just can't trust
> > the label. Guides like e.g. this: http://atheros.rapla.net/
> > are unreliable. I've bought several
> > cards, which supposedly have an atheros
> > chip in them, only to discover they had
> > something else inside.
> > 
> > Can you recommend a pccard model that is guaranteed
> > to have a supported atheros chip inside?
> > 
> 
> Linksys WMP110

Sorry, I was asking about a Pccard (for a laptop).
This is PCI.

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