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[gNewSense-users] Re: Intel's excuse for non-free WiFi binary firmware
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John Sullivan |
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[gNewSense-users] Re: Intel's excuse for non-free WiFi binary firmware |
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Tue, 20 May 2008 14:56:18 -0400 |
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"Peter Lutz" <address@hidden> writes:
> I was curious, does anyone know if this is actually true? Do all WiFi
> drivers have this restriction, or are there ways around it that Intel is not
> mentioning? Will this prevent gNewsense from ever having ANY WiFi drivers,
> if they all use non-modifiable firmware?
The ath5k driver is fully free, no non-modifiable firmware loaded. Debian has
patched their kernel to include it, but it is not yet included in Ubuntu or
gNewSense AIUI. But it could be.