[Arm-netbook] CC3000 Wi-Fi for MCU

[Alejandro Mery]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 13:29, Simon Kenyon <simon at koala.ie> wrote:
> On 24/01/2012 05:17, lkcl luke wrote:
>>   i've been talking to Dr Richard Stallman and there isn't a single
>> modern WIFI module available, that i can find, that does *not* require
>> non-free firmware.
>>
>>   if you or anyone else happens to know of one, such a module is
>> seriously seriously needed, almost regardless of cost.
>
> don't atheros make a chip that fits the bill?
>
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k
>
> a friend wrote the "binary" driver for them. i thought the reason it was
> binary-only was because it drove the hardware directly and therefore
> needed to be binary for regulatory reasons. the driver was then reverse
> engineered and then atheros released source.

according to The Holy Wikipedia there are a bunch more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_wireless_drivers