[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[Gnewsense-dev] Re: Libre wifi for Ben Nanonote (was: Re: Libre GNU/Linu
From: |
Daniel Clark |
Subject: |
[Gnewsense-dev] Re: Libre wifi for Ben Nanonote (was: Re: Libre GNU/Linux PDAs) |
Date: |
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:49:18 -0000 |
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Wolfgang Spraul <address@hidden> wrote:
> Daniel,
>
>> I'm vaguely aware of this, but since the driver is fully GPL most
>> likely people will eventually get it working quite well; this seems to
>> be what happened with ath9k, which sucked for a long time but in
>> 2.6.32 seems to be very nice.
>
> I highly doubt that will happen with the 6001. I don't want to go into the
> details of the firmware revisioning here etc. It just won't happen.
> Why do you think the KDDI microSD card (which may never be produced) has
> a 6001? The 6001 is an old chip and not recommended or supported for new
> designs. The 6002 moved away from flash so you need to load a binary blob
> at boot time (more about that below).
I was under the false impression that everything in the Atheros AR600x
series didn't need binary blobs; apologies.
The KDDI microSD card specifically says it uses AR6002, so I guess it
is no better than the card you guys were already considering.
The http://www.cardaccess-inc.com/products/index.php?a=wlan_burt is an
SD sized Atheros AR6001GZ chipset device (exactly the same chipset as
the openmoko freerunner as far as I can tell), so perhaps that + the
microSD to SD adapter mentioned earlier is an option for people who
refuse to use any hardware that requires binary blobs.
Cheers,
--
Daniel JB Clark | http://pobox.com/~dclark
_______________________________________________
Qi Developer Mailing List
Mail to list (members only): address@hidden
Subscribe or Unsubscribe:
http://lists.qi-hardware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/developer