ath9k-htc-blobless-firmware: init at 1.4.0#208685
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This firmware is completely open source with no blobs, which is quite rare in the wifi world. Wifi chips have their own dedicated general-purpose CPUs. This source code allows you to see what those CPUs are doing and modify their behavior. When the upstream repository was created in 2013, "open source firmware" meant "firmware which is open source". In 2023 that is no longer the generally accepted [definition], so I have chosen an unambiguous adjective (whose meaning has remained stable for decades) to use in the pname. [definition]: https://web.archive.org/web/20221209121315/https://www.opencompute.org/projects/open-system-firmware#:~:text=Another,allows%20it Co-authored-by: Artturi <Artturin@artturin.com>
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@SuperSandro2000 since this is already merged I can't "commit suggestion" your suggestions, so I have opened another draft PR to respond: |
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ath9k-htc-blobless-firmware: init at 1.4.0
This firmware is completely open source with no blobs, which is quite rare in the wifi world. Wifi chips have their own dedicated general-purpose CPUs. This source code allows you to see what those CPUs are doing and modify their behavior.
When the upstream repository was created in 2013, "open source firmware" meant "firmware which is open source". In 2023 that is no longer he generally accepted definition, so I have chosen an unambiguous adjective (whose meaning has remained stable for decades) to use in the pname.
I am using firmware built from this expression on my daily driver laptop.
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