[Arm-netbook] CC3000 Wi-Fi for MCU

[lkcl luke]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:36 PM, lkcl luke <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Alejandro Mery <amery at geeks.cl> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 19:21, lkcl luke <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 2012/1/25 Henrik Nordström <henrik at henriknordstrom.net>:
>>>
>>>> I draw the border slightly different but similar. If the device would function the same with romed firmware as with a firmware blob where the cpu i run my free OS on is only uploading to the device and not executing it in any manner then it's acceptable by aggregation imho.
>>>
>>>  lots of people take this view (myself included).  and then it turns
>>> out that the proprietary firmware monitors, eavesdrops and informs on
>>> your location, or allows for the arbitrary execution of code that is
>>> downloaded over-the-air.
>>>
>>>  whoops.
>>>
>>>  no that is _not_ a hoax.  i spoke recently to a 3G modem manufacturer
>>> and they accidentally let slip that they are "required" to allow the
>>> 3G carriers to deploy arbitrarily-executed code.
>>
>> but what's wrong with open source firmwares like ath9k's?
>
>  there is some?  WHERE!!

 http://wiki.debian.org/ath9k

 HOORAAAAY   oooo, alejandro i want to _kiss_ you :)

 ahh darn it's a PCIe device, but still, i didn't realise that there
was a modern WIFI chipset that didn't need proprietary firmware to be
uploaded.

 ok, so it's a peck on the cheek then :)

 all i need do now is find a USB-to-PCIe bridge IC and i have a solution.

 thank you alejandro.

 l.