On 20/11/17 14:08, zap wrote:
>
> On 11/20/2017 04:08 AM, John Hughes wrote:
>>
>>> Firmware is required, which can be provided by installing the
>>> firmware-atheros <https://packages.debian.org/firmware-atheros>
>>> package. Open firmware
>>> <https://wiki.debian.org/ath9k_htc/open_firmware> for this driver is
>>> also available in the firmware-ath9k-htc
>>> <https://packages.debian.org/firmware-ath9k-htc> package starting
>>> from Buster.
>>
> Wrong again. Trisquel, parabola, hyperbola... all have one thing in
> common, they use a completely blob free version of debian's non-free
> firmware version.  my complaint was that debian refuses to use that
> version so that I can use the dongle without having to use the blobs
> from the non-free area.

You are claiming that the package firmware-ath9k-htc contains non-free
firmware or that it doesn't work on your dongle?