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The firmware for QCA AR7010/AR9271 802.11n USB NICs
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This is the firmware for the Qualcomm Atheros AR7010 and AR9271 USB 802.11n NICs. What is this exactly? --------------------- This is the firmware which resides in RAM on the AR7010/AR9271 NICs. It is used by ath9k (Linux) and athn (OpenBSD) to provide wireless services. What licence is this covered by? -------------------------------- The Qualcomm Atheros owned code is under the ClearBSD licence. The NOTICES.TXT file contains copyright notices for software which this firmware release leverages. There is some code that is based off of work done under contract but is owned by Qualcomm Atheros; the original copyright statements from that work are in NOTICES.TXT. The Tensilica code (xtos/xtensa) is distributed with permission from Tensilica, Inc., under the MIT licence. There are three ECOS source files distributed under the terms of the GPLv2, with a caveat that linking or using the source files does not bring the rest of the binary under the GPLv2. Please read the ECOS caveats in more detail. Ok, what are those NICs? ------------------------ The AR7010 is a USB/PCIe SoC with onboard RAM, ROM and flash. It comes with an external wireless chip connected via PCIe - typically an AR9280 or AR9287. The AR9271 is a USB/Wifi SoC with onboad RAM, ROM, flash and the actual wireless chip. The wireless core is an off-shoot of the AR9285. It is a single-chip solution. How do I build it? ------------------ You're in for a treat. * You first have to build the toolchain. * Linux: $ make toolchain * FreeBSD: $ gmake toolchain (Yes, I made this work on FreeBSD as well.) * Next, build the firmware. * Linux: $ ./build * FreeBSD: edit the build script, change make to gmake, and then $ ./build You will end up with two .fw files - one for the AR7010 and one for the AR9271. Then what? ---------- You need to then copy this into the relevant location for your operating system. Yes, this means you need a driver. No, there's no FreeBSD driver yet for this particular chipset, sorry. Where do I file bugs? --------------------- Please file bugs in github - http://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/issues . Mailing lists? -------------- Here you go: http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k_htc_fw And ath9k_htc_fw@lists.infradead.org
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