Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:08:00 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: yurtesen@ispro.net.tr Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atheros frecuencies limited Message-ID: <20041005.100800.111987973.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <416313F0.2000508@ispro.net.tr> References: <4161C4D8.4040308@ispro.net.tr> <20041004.141815.124867616.imp@bsdimp.com> <416313F0.2000508@ispro.net.tr>
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Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> writes:
: For one thing, why shouldnt FreeBSD able to do that?
Because the HAL layer is a binary glob.
: The other thing is that I thought atheros doesnt have firmware and the
: driver handles the regulatory domain settings. Thats why atheros is not
: giving out the source code for their drivers (I think there was such
: problem)
The driver handles the regulatory domain, but it always uses what is
in the falsh on the part.
: Anyhow. I am not a pro in this so I better shut up :) But it is possible
: to enable all the channels etc. available in atheros chip from the
: driver. At least StarOS is able to do it so...
I'm hoping that ath driver author would reply.
Warner
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