Return-path: Received: from mail-yi0-f46.google.com ([209.85.218.46]:42872 "EHLO mail-yi0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751101Ab1HPAPw (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:15:52 -0400 Received: by yie30 with SMTP id 30so3488746yie.19 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:15:51 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1f0ede1efd9e5d368352ec258d716fcc.squirrel@mail.errtech.com> References: <1f0ede1efd9e5d368352ec258d716fcc.squirrel@mail.errtech.com> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:15:51 +0800 Message-ID: (sfid-20110816_021554_649753_1A6B2CC3) Subject: Re: AR9271 & Client Mode From: Adrian Chadd To: tmail133@kglug.org Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 16 August 2011 07:25, chris wrote: > It was suggested to me that the AR9271 will work without the firmware in > client mode. Can anybody verify this? I'm looking to get it working with a > free distribution that does not allow binary-blob, non-free firmware, etc. I was under the impression (not that I've yet tried any USB Atheros hardware) that the USB devices require _some_ firmware uploaded to them before the Linux ath9k_htc code can use it. Adrian