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Re: wireless NIC drivers
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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
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