[Arm-netbook] CC3000 Wi-Fi for MCU

[Alejandro Mery]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 20:46, lkcl luke <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

for the records it was Simon Kenyon, and not me, the first to mention
the ath9k in this thread :p