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Use free firmware-ath9k-htc package from Debian instead of building from source #285

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gregordinary opened this issue May 4, 2021 · 2 comments
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Use free firmware-ath9k-htc package from Debian instead of building from source #285

gregordinary opened this issue May 4, 2021 · 2 comments
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Debian now has "firmware-ath9k-htc - firmware for AR7010 and AR9271 USB wireless adapters" in the repository for bullseye and sid. Can this be worked into the build process to save time compiling?
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Oh, thats super cool, definitely

@SolidHal SolidHal added the enhancement New feature or request label Jul 26, 2022
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mvhulten commented May 6, 2023

Yes, this would be great.

I installed PrawnOS bullseye on a C201 and I could not use my Atheros AR9271 Wi-Fi dongle (got it from Technoethical). My solution was to save the packages firmware-linux-free_20200122-1_all.deb and firmware-ath9k-htc_1.4.0-106-gc583009+dfsg1-1_all.deb on a USB stick and then install with apt on the Chromebook.

Making this automatic (during install) would be a good usability improvement.

Thanks for PrawnOS and good documentation!

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