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As far as I know, the PCIe-based Atheros 802.11n cards don't have any firmware at all - just hardware state machines controlled by the open source driver.
by makomk 6y ago
As far as I know, the PCIe-based Atheros 802.11n cards don't have any firmware at all - just hardware state machines controlled by the open source driver.
- zbentley 6y agoWhere is the line between "hardware state machines" and firmware? Flashability? Existence of programmable storage on the device? Other? Genuinely curious, I know next to nothing about this space.