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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