OK, I did some investigating and found that the carl9170 is included in the main repository in the firmware-linux-free package. That's great news. I tested it with a few different USB adapters and things work once installed.
However I investigated the ath9k_firmware for AR9271 and AR7010 USB N wifi chipsets and found that its included in firmware-atheros package. It is not in main because it is not free. However ath9k_htc_open firmware is now available and is free. I would imagine it should thus be moved to the firmware-linux-free package. What I'm curious about is why the firmware-linux-free package which is in main is not included on installation media or at least as part of the desktop meta package during installation. I'd consider it a critical component for desktops/servers and no different than including the kernel itself. Unlike non-free firmware there are no licensing or guideline issues that I'm aware of. Who is packaging the ar9271 / ath9k_htc firmware currently? Christopher Waid ThinkPenguin.com-CEO & Founder -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/3bedb9087168289db0c00b8511cf851d.squir...@mail.errtech.com
