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On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 13:00 +1000, Julian Calaby wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 04:15, David Lynch Jr. <dhlii@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I am looking for recommendations for an 802.11N device that is well
> > documented and has opensource firmware for a project.  I do nto care
> > whether it is mPCI, USB, .... so long as there is good documentation on
> > the chipset and good open source firmware as I will be making extensive
> > firmware changes for testing purposes.
> 
> If I recall correctly, the ar9170 devices with the carl9170 driver use
> an open source firmware and are 802.11n capable.

I have a fair amount of experience with the ar9170 and the carl9170
firmware. I was hoping something was better documented and supported. 
But I can live with that if i have to.

 thank you. 
> 
> There was also an effort to produce a open source firmware for
> broadcom devices, but I'm not sure what it's status is and what
> progress they made.
> 
> Also, there's a GSoC project to open source the firmware for the USB
> ath9k devices, (ath9k_htc) but I don't think any progress has been
> made.
> 
> Thanks,
> 


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