Re: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev bb) and ilwifi on debian jessie
"maiky.lambooij@runbox.no" <maiky.lambooij@runbox.no> writes:
> On 21/01/15 12:10, Bjørn Mork wrote:
>
>> Did you install firmware-iwlwifi from non-free?
>
> No, I need it?
> Does this card have opensource driver?
>
> Probably I'm wrong but this card should have opensource driver.
>
>
> lspci -vs 02:00.0
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev bb)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260
> Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 19
> Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
> Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
> Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
> Capabilities: [40] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
> Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
> Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number e8-b1-fc-ff-ff-7b-f0-8e
> Capabilities: [14c] Latency Tolerance Reporting
> Capabilities: [154] Vendor Specific Information: ID=cafe Rev=1 Len=014 <?>
>
> lsmod | grep iw
>
> iwlwifi 96547 0
> cfg80211 405538 1 iwlwifi
>
> My kernel is 3.16.0-4-amd64
>
> http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-034398.htm
>
> "Driver development is done in the open source Linux community. [...]
> Development support is only available through the open source community
> mailing lists. "
>
>
> Intel® Wireless 7260 (3.10) is listed on
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi
>
> I'd like to use only FOSS so if I need proprietary driver, I'll change
> my wireless card.
>
> Please can you help me to understanding if is Open Drivers available?
The driver is open source, the firmware running on the WiFi card is
not. Like most WiFi modules out there.
If you really need open firmware too, then your choices are limited.
Here are some:
https://wiki.debian.org/ath9k_htc/open_firmware
http://www.ing.unibs.it/~openfwwf/index.php
I have no experience with any of these.
In any case, I doubt you have an ultra-book with an open firmware so I
don't see the problem with using closed source firmware for the WiFi
module. How about the firmware on your SSD? Or the firmware controlling
the touchpad? Just accept the fact that a modern computer is made up of
a large number of separate systems, all having their own more or less
generic CPUs and proprietary firmware. In theory it is of course
possible to open it all up. In practice it is probably easier to design
it all from scratch.
Good luck with that.
Bjørn
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