o define HAL_SOFTC, HAL_BUS_TAG, and HAL_BUS_HANDLE to be machine
independent; this fixes portability issues with bsd systems
o add ah_disable api for turning off operation of both MAC and PHY
o add ah_getAntennaSwitch and ah_setAntennaSwitch api's for better control
of antenna usage and diversity
o add ah_setAckCTSRate and ah_setAckCTSRate for controlling tx rate of
h/w generated frames
o add ah_setBeaconTimers api for simpler setting of the beacon timer registers
o remove ah_waitForBeaconDone api
o add HAL_TXDESC_DURENA flag to enable h/w duration setting in tx descriptor
o correct documentation of min/max tx power units (.5 dBm)
o switch arm, mips, and powerpc builds to use functions for register
read/write operations
o fix sparc builds to not reference %g2 and %g3 registers
o add public builds for SoC's
MFC after: 1 month
o new chip support
o new platforms: powerpc-be-elf, sparc64-be-elf, and alpha-elf
(alpha is untested, others are known to work)
o many fixes and improvements
MFC after: 2 weeks
[Changes listed only since last public release 0.9.12.14; for changes
prior to that consult the CVS logs at http://madwifi.sourceforge.net]
o reorg directory structure to have a single set of public binary builds
shared by all systems
o support for new parts (all shipping pci/cardbus parts to this date work)
o new capabilities for identifying various chip features
o set/get tx power cap for supporting 802.11h information element
o revised api for set/get tx queue properties
o support for updating CTS in frames when doing packet bursting
o support for querying which tx queues have pending interrupts
o correct BSSID setup in ah_writeAssocid for 5211 and 5212 (fixes
reception of broadcast frames after association)
o correct transmit retry counts returned by 5211 in ah_procTxDesc
o add missing regulatory domain support that caused use of 11b channels to be
disallowed with some cards (e.g. mini-pci cards in certain IBM laptops)
o miscellaneous fixes to regulatory domain support
o increase size of 5212 ANI table to avoid overflow
o add monitor mode
o remove OS_QSORT support
o fix handling of HAL_RXDESC_INTREQ in ah_setupRxDesc
o rewrite 5212 descriptor handling for portability
o FreeBSD: track alq_open API change
