[Prism54-devel] queries

[Rafiq Shaikh]

Hi Luis,

Thanks for your response.

Does PrismGT support AES encryption?
If yes, then is there any document (may be programmers manual) that 
explains how to program MAC
for AES support?

Regards,
-Rafiq.

Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:

>On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 11:56:59AM -0700, Rafiq Shaikh wrote:
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>>Hi All,
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>>What is Softmac? Is it same as the "Single Source Driver" from Conexant?
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>No, AFAICT SoftMAC is a technology approach many chipset companies are
>taking to design chipsets. The idea, I believe, is to offload the MAC
>work to the OS, allowin you to design more "cost effective" hardware.
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>Single Source Driver form Conexant is the name of a directory in
>Conexant's beta driver source for SoftMAC chipsets available from:
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>http://www.dse.co.nz/isroot/dse/support/XH8196-linux.zip
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>>Is Frisbee a chipset from Conexant? 
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>Yes, indeed. It is not SoftMAC, however, it is FullMAC. In fact, I
>believe most FullMAC chipset-based cards out there are Frisbee based.
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>>Is it 802.11g compliant? 
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>It's supposed to be.
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>>If yes, 
>>then how is it different than PrismGT?
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>I believe it just has cheaper Zero IF:
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>http://www.analog.com/Analog_Root/static/productSelection/signalChains/communications/comms_14.html
>http://itpapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?scid=39&sortby=titled&docid=72655
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>I'm still not sure exactly what a Zero IF is :)
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>>I could not find any info on Softmac and Frisbee on the Conexant web site.
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>Me neither.
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