problem with b43

[Rafał Miłecki]

W dniu 24 września 2010 19:32 użytkownik Cyrille <cyrille at cbiot.fr> napisał:
>> Your's NETGEAR seems to be RTL818x chip based USB dongle. Are you sure
>> it uses open source firmware? Yeah, it's firmware is probably embedded
>> in device's internal memory... but it is still there. I'm afraid you
>> won't be able to get it's sources.
>
> This neatgears --> works out of the box with simply a free kernel. Severals Blaggers use it (trisqueland gnewsense too )

Please, Google/Wiki for "firmware".

* Both chipsets need firmware
* Both firmwares are not open sourced
* Both firmwares are executed on device (not on your machine)

RTL818X card has firmware embedded on device.
Broadcom needs system to send firmware to card.

Not much difference for me. Of course you may still like RTL much more
that Broadcom, just wanted to make sure you understand situation.

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Rafał