From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from oproxy3-pub.bluehost.com ([69.89.21.8]:55147 "HELO oproxy3-pub.bluehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750742Ab2DGUXx (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2012 16:23:53 -0400 Subject: Re: N device with open source firmware From: "David Lynch Jr." To: Adrian Chadd Cc: Christian Lamparter , Julian Calaby , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <1333649707.4108.46.camel@hp-dhlii> <1333681744.4108.150.camel@hp-dhlii> <201204061326.32294.chunkeey@googlemail.com> <1333726244.11080.5.camel@hp-dhlii> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:20:41 -0400 Message-ID: <1333830041.2826.25.camel@hp-dhlii> (sfid-20120407_222358_385366_B0E0BBDD) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 15:33 -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 6 April 2012 08:30, David Lynch Jr. wrote: > > I was not seeking to impugn the linux-wireless AR9170 support, just > > looking to see what additional alternatives exist before starting a > > major project that will require substantial firmware work. > > > > My complaints with respect to its "openness" regard Atheros. > > > > I was hoping for a mini-PCI device. > > Ah. There's (as far as I know) no Atheros mini-PCI device that runs firmware. > > > The AR9170 has open source firmware - but the hardware documentation is > > proprietary. > > There's an open source NDA process at QCA now. Sign the NDA, get > access to documentation. Done/done. I have AR9170 documentation covered by a different NDA with a prior client. That probably had an NDA with atheros. I do not like NDAs but will sign them where necescary. What i am asking is is there an alternative N device besides the AR9170 that one way or another has support in depth - hardware information, firmware, etc. I am gathering that the AR9170 is currently the N hardware with the best information. Atleast i am already familiar with it. > > > > Adrian