From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from s72.web-hosting.com (s72.web-hosting.com [198.187.29.22]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 14E0221F2D8; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 06:49:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [117.207.70.200] (port=10978 helo=sujith-pixel.msujith.org) by server72.web-hosting.com with esmtpsa (UNKNOWN:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1XOoSd-001Vv6-L1; Tue, 02 Sep 2014 09:49:28 -0400 From: Sujith Manoharan MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <21509.51956.785409.799963@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 19:19:40 +0530 To: Jonathan Morton In-Reply-To: <7D8C9C42-43E7-431E-B237-84B0937C81A0@gmail.com> References: <87ppfijfjc.fsf@toke.dk> <4FF4917C-1B6D-4D5F-81B6-5FC177F12BFC@gmail.com> <4DA71387-6720-4A2F-B462-2E1295604C21@gmail.com> <0DB9E121-7073-4DE9-B7E2-73A41BCBA1D1@gmail.com> <7D8C9C42-43E7-431E-B237-84B0937C81A0@gmail.com> X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 24.4.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server72.web-hosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.bufferbloat.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - msujith.org X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: server72.web-hosting.com: authenticated_id: sujith@msujith.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: "cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net" , bloat Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [Bloat] Comcast upped service levels -> WNDR3800 can't cope... X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:49:30 -0000 Jonathan Morton wrote: > I can't tell what the newer products under the Killer brand (taken over by > Qualcomm/Atheros) really are, but they are sufficiently reduced in cost, size > and complexity to be integrated into "gamer" PC motherboards and laptops, and > they respond to being driven like standard (newish) Atheros hardware. In > particular, it's unclear whether they do most of their special sauce in > software (so Windows-specific) or firmware. That is correct. The newer Killer cards can be used as normal WLAN NICs in Linux, they are detected by ath9k and no special code is needed for them. Sujith