Re: M.2 Libre NIC

Follow-up question for Theo and the list:

I think I get what Theo is implying here about libre firmware.

I am really interested in the baseboard management controller (BMC) layer. Recently, I have become particularly interested in the OpenBMC project: https://www.openbmc.org/

Would this be considered FLOSS firmware?

Thank you,
Katie
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From: owner-misc@openbsd.org <owner-misc@openbsd.org> on behalf of Theo de Raadt <deraadt@openbsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 5:42:29 PM
To: Rohan Ganapavarapu <24rganapavarapu@athenian.org>
Cc: misc@openbsd.org <misc@openbsd.org>
Subject: Re: M.2 Libre NIC

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Rohan Ganapavarapu <24rganapavarapu@athenian.org> wrote:

> Do any of you guys know of a NIC card with OpenBSD support, fits in a M.2
> slot, and has libre firmware?
>
> I found the AR9462, which has libre firmware and is M.2, but the current
> ath9k driver does not support it.

libre firmware

ha ha ha