RFC: replacement of wifi chips Atheros AR6001 by AR6002 in (GTA-02 and) futurs products

kkr kkr22.mpt56 at bluewin.ch
Sat Nov 3 18:46:21 CET 2007


Atheros announced a new wifi chips, the AR6002.

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5024332766.html
30 Oct. 2007
 <snip>
 The Atheros AR6002 "Radio on Chip for Mobile" (ROCm) draws "near-zero"
 power when in standby, and 70 percent less power than previous WiFi
 technologies when active, the company claims.
 <snip>

 <snip>
 The AR6002 is said to be software-compatible with the company's prior
 AR6001 (AR6K). A GPL-licensed Linux driver for that chip is available,
 and has already been adopted by the OpenMoko project.
 <snip>
 
 <snip>
 The AR6002 is currently sampling, and due for volume production in Q1,
 2008.
 <snip>


Perhaps, it's a good reason to considere replacement of AR6001 by AR6002
in futurs products... And already in GTA-02 if another hardware revision
is needed and if the AR6002 has the same pinout as AR6001.

Does anybody know if:
a) it's another revision of GTA-02 already planned?
b) are the Atheros chips's pinout identical?


Regards,







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