Re: please

[Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de> wrote:
>> Nor does loadable firmware. Are you confusing it with closed-source 
>> kernel code like in madwifi?
> 
> the last time I took a look into the sources of madwifi it was not
> closed source, except for the firmware blob. But I have to admit that i
> didn't read the source since it works well on my card.

The Atheros chipsets don't use firmware. The closed-source part of the 
madwifi driver is run in your kernel, on the host CPU.

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