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

Open gregordinary opened this issue 4 years ago • 2 comments

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?

May 04 '21 00:05 gregordinary

Oh, thats super cool, definitely

Jul 26 '22 02:07 SolidEva

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!

May 06 '23 10:05 mvhulten