Re: [Trisquel-users] Atheros AR9485 just works in Trisquel 5.5

[chris]

All of the Atheros PCIe N wireless chipsets should work with recent enough  
drivers. The cards with bluetooth AND wireless though only support the  
wireless portion. These cards are using two different chipsets. The bluetooth  
chipset is seen as a USB device on the mini PCIe cards and loads non-free  
firmware externally through the ath3k driver. I am pretty confident (if my  
memory serves me right) that the USB only works if the laptop has a 'USB  
function' support on the motherboard.