* GPL firmware for AR9002 chipsets @ 2011-06-15 7:01 chris 2011-06-15 7:05 ` Mohammed Shafi 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: chris @ 2011-06-15 7:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-wireless I was reading on the mailing list that the AR9002 chipset supposedly has GPL firmware somewhere. Does anybody know where? And is it free software compliant or are they including the bad stuff within the GPL firmware'd. http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc http://www.mail-archive.com/ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org/msg03035.html I have gotten the card to work in Ubuntu. I am working on getting it working in Trisquel (a free software distribution, if there is free firmware for it). Chris ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: GPL firmware for AR9002 chipsets 2011-06-15 7:01 GPL firmware for AR9002 chipsets chris @ 2011-06-15 7:05 ` Mohammed Shafi 2011-06-15 7:07 ` Mohammed Shafi 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Mohammed Shafi @ 2011-06-15 7:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: tmail133; +Cc: linux-wireless On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:31 PM, chris <tmail133@kglug.org> wrote: > I was reading on the mailing list that the AR9002 chipset supposedly has > GPL firmware somewhere. Does anybody know where? And is it free software > compliant or are they including the bad stuff within the GPL firmware'd. only for USB based AR9002 > > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc > > http://www.mail-archive.com/ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org/msg03035.html > > I have gotten the card to work in Ubuntu. I am working on getting it > working in Trisquel (a free software distribution, if there is free > firmware for it). > > Chris > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- shafi ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: GPL firmware for AR9002 chipsets 2011-06-15 7:05 ` Mohammed Shafi @ 2011-06-15 7:07 ` Mohammed Shafi [not found] ` <6180c38b62596f43ad139fa4a0d6ef24.squirrel@mail.errtech.com> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Mohammed Shafi @ 2011-06-15 7:07 UTC (permalink / raw) To: tmail133; +Cc: linux-wireless On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Mohammed Shafi <shafi.wireless@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:31 PM, chris <tmail133@kglug.org> wrote: >> I was reading on the mailing list that the AR9002 chipset supposedly has >> GPL firmware somewhere. Does anybody know where? And is it free software >> compliant or are they including the bad stuff within the GPL firmware'd. > > only for USB based AR9002 devices firmware required >> >> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc http://wireless.kernel.org/download/htc_fw/ >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org/msg03035.html >> >> I have gotten the card to work in Ubuntu. I am working on getting it >> working in Trisquel (a free software distribution, if there is free >> firmware for it). >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> > > > > -- > shafi > -- shafi ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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* Re: GPL firmware for AR9002 chipsets [not found] ` <6180c38b62596f43ad139fa4a0d6ef24.squirrel@mail.errtech.com> @ 2011-06-15 7:18 ` Mohammed Shafi [not found] ` <19c91580a532e641b4817ec6b3191d84.squirrel@mail.errtech.com> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Mohammed Shafi @ 2011-06-15 7:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: tmail133; +Cc: linux-wireless Mailing List On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:39 PM, chris <tmail133@kglug.org> wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Mohammed Shafi >> <shafi.wireless@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:31 PM, chris <tmail133@kglug.org> wrote: >>>> I was reading on the mailing list that the AR9002 chipset supposedly >>>> has >>>> GPL firmware somewhere. Does anybody know where? And is it free >>>> software >>>> compliant or are they including the bad stuff within the GPL >>>> firmware'd. >>> >>> only for USB based AR9002 devices firmware required >> >>>> >>>> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc > > I don't see license or source there. Is there some place I can get that? the source for the firmware is internally maintained and you can only get the updated binary there. sorry I am not aware of the license thing. > >> >> http://wireless.kernel.org/download/htc_fw/ >> >>>> >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org/msg03035.html >>>> >>>> I have gotten the card to work in Ubuntu. I am working on getting it >>>> working in Trisquel (a free software distribution, if there is free >>>> firmware for it). >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe >>>> linux-wireless" in >>>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> shafi >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> shafi >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" >> in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> > > > -- shafi ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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* Re: GPL firmware for AR9002 chipsets [not found] ` <19c91580a532e641b4817ec6b3191d84.squirrel@mail.errtech.com> @ 2011-06-15 7:35 ` Mohammed Shafi 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Mohammed Shafi @ 2011-06-15 7:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: tmail133; +Cc: linux-wireless Mailing List, Senthil Balasubramanian On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 1:01 PM, chris <tmail133@kglug.org> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:39 PM, chris <tmail133@kglug.org> wrote: >>>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Mohammed Shafi >>>> <shafi.wireless@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:31 PM, chris <tmail133@kglug.org> wrote: >>>>>> I was reading on the mailing list that the AR9002 chipset supposedly >>>>>> has >>>>>> GPL firmware somewhere. Does anybody know where? And is it free >>>>>> software >>>>>> compliant or are they including the bad stuff within the GPL >>>>>> firmware'd. >>>>> >>>>> only for USB based AR9002 devices firmware required >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc >>> >>> I don't see license or source there. Is there some place I can get that? >> >> the source for the firmware is internally maintained and you can only >> get the updated binary there. >> sorry I am not aware of the license thing. >> > > If anybody else is aware of where the source code is and if it is/is not > in fact under a free software license it would be much appreciated. the source code is maintained internally in Atheros by Sujith > > > > -- shafi ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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