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+This is the firmware for the Qualcomm Atheros AR7010 and AR9271 USB
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+802.11n NICs.
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+What is this exactly?
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+---------------------
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+This is the firmware which resides in RAM on the AR7010/AR9271 NICs.
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+It is used by ath9k (Linux) and athn (OpenBSD) to provide wireless
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+services.
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+Ok, what are those NICs?
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+------------------------
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+The AR7010 is a USB/PCIe SoC with onboard RAM, ROM and flash.
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+It comes with an external wireless chip connected via PCIe - typically
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+an AR9280 or AR9285.
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+The AR9271 is a USB/Wifi SoC with onboad RAM, ROM, flash and the
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+actual wireless chip. The wireless core is an off-shoot of the AR9285.
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+It is a single-chip solution.
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+How do I build it?
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+------------------
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+You're in for a treat.
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+* You first have to build the toolchain.
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+ * Linux:
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+ $ make toolchain
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+ * FreeBSD:
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+ $ gmake toolchain
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+ (Yes, I made this work on FreeBSD as well.)
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+* Next, build the firmware.
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+ * Linux:
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+ $ ./build
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+ * FreeBSD:
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+ edit the build script, change make to gmake, and then
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+ $ ./build
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+You will end up with two .fw files - one for the AR7010 and one for
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+the AR9271.
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+Then what?
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+----------
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+You need to then copy this into the relevant location for your operating
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+system. Yes, this means you need a driver. No, there's no FreeBSD
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+driver yet for this particular chipset, sorry.
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+Further information
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+-------------------
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+Bug tracking and email list will appear here shortly.
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Adrian Chadd