01-12-2022, 11:10 AM
(01-19-2020, 03:20 AM)mikeb Wrote:(02-28-2019, 06:13 AM)moriel5 Wrote: If possible, could you please add Intel Wireless-AC 3168 or 3165 modules?
There are no blobless WiFi AC adapters. Moreover you'd look at "comparison of open source wireless drivers" Wikipedia page, you'll see that all the Intel adapters require the binary blobs to function - and it's really hard to trust Intel after their ME trickery. The best freedom-respecting WiFi adapter is from Atheros ath9k family, AR9462 - and it was a quite wise decision of Librem 5 to pick it. I could only hope that it will be included to a new revision of Pinephone, since it's significantly more affordable.
I'm sorry it took me such a long time to see this.
I fully agree with you, back then, it was merely due to the fact that I had not yet tested Qualcomm's offering.
Although even Qualcomm does not truly respect freedom with the ath9k family, as they do burn a proprietary firmware into the silicon (which is better than nothing, though worse than having a flashable firmware with specifications to allow for replacing it, like with the Ortega family of Ethernet adapters (fun fact, I had just ordered several NEC EXP182A cards, which are based upon the BCM5719, just because of that, and I intend to follow the community firmware for the BCM5719), which is a shame.
