Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:00:46 -0600 From: "David G. Andersen" <danderse@cs.utah.edu> To: Wesley Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, "Jos? M. Fandi?o" <freebsd4@fadesa.es> Subject: Re: atheros chips dangerous? Message-ID: <20060811170046.GA94399@cs.utah.edu> In-Reply-To: <20060811123921.K43265@volatile.chemikals.org> References: <38802.1155288265@critter.freebsd.dk> <20060811123921.K43265@volatile.chemikals.org>
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Wesley Morgan just mooed:
> I agree, the Atheros driver is fantastic. The driver may be "binary" in
> some ways, but I think we got the best of both worlds. The vendor is
> providing every scrap of information necessary without having to give away
> trade secrets, and FreeBSD got a driver authored by a developer who is
> probably one of the most qualified people in the world to work on it. I
> know I go out of my way to purchase and recommend Atheros-based wireless
> devices because of this.
>
It's not just trade secrets - it's FCC regulations, as phk alluded
to. Customers are not allowed to have the ability to configure a
device to operate outside its allowed frequency and power range.
-Dave
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