The binary firmware may be downloaded from
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git

The file ar9170.fw was downloaded from
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mcgrof/firmware/ar9170/2010-02-03/

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