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mention that Atheros is mostly SoftMAC

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responsible for it due to control over the configuration of shared memory and the responsible for it due to control over the configuration of shared memory and the
complexity of the interface and the OS side implementation.</p> complexity of the interface and the OS side implementation.</p>
<p>The mobile Atheros Wi-Fi driver/firmware is primarily a SoftMAC implementation with
the vast majority of the complexity in the driver rather than the firmware. The fully
functional driver is massive and the firmware is quite small. Unfortunately, since the
Linux kernel is monolithic and has no internal security boundaries, the attack surface
is problematic and a HardMAC implementation with most complexity in isolated firmware
would be better than the status quo. An isolated driver would be ideal.</p>
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<a href="#day-to-day-use">Day to day use</a> <a href="#day-to-day-use">Day to day use</a>
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