Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:51:50 +0100 From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel 5100 WiFi Message-ID: <20081117045148.GA97@britannica.bec.de> In-Reply-To: <9f8af95f0811161819i58e3f8bep851ca9ae25c2a43f@mail.gmail.com> References: <ee2f4e60811161644x6ad6fd4ey9bccd8db6ab62ae7@mail.gmail.com> <9f8af95f0811161819i58e3f8bep851ca9ae25c2a43f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 09:19:49PM -0500, jT wrote: > Yes it will require a firmware blob as the 4965 one does. You are > required to take notice to the legal aspects of the blob via setting a > key in loader.conf. The firmware "blob" here is simply a large binary file that is loaded directly into the card memory. Contrary to the image for first and second generation Centrino, Intel changed to license to a BSDish license, so no further user interaction is needed to accept an EULA. Note that this image is run on the card, not your CPU. Joerg
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