-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 09:39:35AM +0900, Roman Mashak wrote: > You wrote to "Roman Mashak" <mrv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Wed, 4 Apr 2007 13:15:24 > +0200: > EM> Some cards need firmware for the radio, others don't, some need > EM> firmware for encryption (WEP, WPA), while others don't. It really > EM> depends on the hardware. > > I assume wireless chips are usually based on ARM core (low power etc.), and > should be equipped with RAM where firmware is downloaded to ? FWIW, the Broadcom wireless devices certainly don't use an ARM core but according to the reverse engineering team some kind of Broadcom specific CPU core. I don't know about the Intel wireless devices. And yes, a device needs RAM to dowload the firmware to. Erik - -- They're all fools. Don't worry. Darwin may be slow, but he'll eventually get them. -- Matthew Lammers in alt.sysadmin.recovery -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGFLQf/PlVHJtIto0RAp2KAJ4tLjj6v1MikqOvTChmhXSHxptcUwCeL5Ho mI9huI2fd/+SNsQPznXCwcI= =4k4v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
