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+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+ident		AR71XX
+cpu		CPU_MIPS4KC
+options 	ISA_MIPS32
+makeoptions	TARGET_BIG_ENDIAN
+makeoptions	KERNLOADADDR=0x80050000
+options		HZ=1000
+
+files		"../atheros/files.ar71xx"
+hints		"AR71XX.hints"
+
+makeoptions	DEBUG=-g		#Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols
+makeoptions	MODULES_OVERRIDE=""
+
+options		DDB
+options		KDB
+
+options		SCHED_4BSD		#4BSD scheduler
+options		INET			#InterNETworking
+options		NFSCLIENT		#Network Filesystem Client
+options		NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as /, requires NFSCLIENT
+options		PSEUDOFS		#Pseudo-filesystem framework
+options		_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions
+
+# options		NFS_LEGACYRPC
+# Debugging for use in -current
+# options		INVARIANTS
+# options		INVARIANT_SUPPORT
+# options		WITNESS
+# options		WITNESS_SKIPSPIN
+options         FFS                     #Berkeley Fast Filesystem
+options         SOFTUPDATES             #Enable FFS soft updates support
+options         UFS_ACL                 #Support for access control lists
+options         UFS_DIRHASH             #Improve performance on big directories
+
+
+options		BOOTP
+options		BOOTP_NFSROOT
+options		BOOTP_NFSV3
+options		BOOTP_WIRED_TO=arge0 
+options		BOOTP_COMPAT
+options		ROOTDEVNAME=\"nfs:192.168.10.1:/mnt/bsd\"
+
+device		pci
+
+# Wireless NIC cards
+options		IEEE80211_DEBUG
+options		IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH
+options		IEEE80211_SUPPORT_TDMA
+device		wlan            # 802.11 support
+device		wlan_wep        # 802.11 WEP support
+device		wlan_ccmp       # 802.11 CCMP support
+device		wlan_tkip       # 802.11 TKIP support
+
+device		ath             # Atheros pci/cardbus NIC's
+options 	ATH_DEBUG
+device		ath_hal
+option		AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
+device		ath_rate_sample
+
+device		mii
+device		arge
+
+# device		usb
+# options		USB_EHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_DESC        # handle big-endian byte order
+# options		USB_DEBUG
+# device		ehci
+
+device		spibus
+device		ar71xx_spi
+device		mx25l
+# device		geom_redboot
+
+device		ar71xx_wdog
+
+device		uart
+
+device		loop
+device		ether
+device		md
+device		bpf
+device		random
+device		if_bridge