Hello.

On Sat, Jan 19, 2019, 22:03 Ivan Ivanov <[email protected] wrote:

> > I'm not sure if such a card exists. There are WiFi cards with free
> > OS drivers (e.g. ath9k), but I would expect them to run some sort of
> > firmware, too
>
> according to wikipedia this ath9k family of WiFi controllers have both
> drivers and firmware as opensource. About USB controller, I didn't add
> xhci firmware image to my g505s coreboot and all the usb ports are
> working fine although at usb2 mode - so it seems to me that at least
> some controllers could function without a firmware, just that
> functionality could be degraded without one
>

The xHCI controller firmware and the Lenovo g505s you mention are
AMD-specific stuff, which does not apply to the Intel chipset on the
Thinkpad T530 (it should work out-of-the-box).

Best regards,

Angel Pons

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