KseniyaK@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoAre there any modern wifi cards that work with Linux and have 100% FOSS drivers (no proprietary binary blobs)?message-square27fedilinkarrow-up1107file-text
arrow-up1107message-squareAre there any modern wifi cards that work with Linux and have 100% FOSS drivers (no proprietary binary blobs)?KseniyaK@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCalcProgrammer1@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 months agoEven if so, it would likely still have proprietary blobs, just embedded into a ROM or flash chip on the card. Personally, I’d rather have firmware loaded at runtime over hard-coded, at least then the blob is able to be reverse engineered possibly.
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Even if so, it would likely still have proprietary blobs, just embedded into a ROM or flash chip on the card. Personally, I’d rather have firmware loaded at runtime over hard-coded, at least then the blob is able to be reverse engineered possibly.
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