From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 12 18:45:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C062116A407 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:45:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imb@protected-networks.net) Received: from aaron.protected-networks.net (aaron.protected-networks.net [202.12.127.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5F5343D45 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:45:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imb@protected-networks.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aaron.protected-networks.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FA98C584; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:45:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from aaron.protected-networks.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aaron.protected-networks.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 050AEC4F2; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:44:52 -0400 (EDT) Authentication-Results: aaron.protected-networks.net from=imb@protected-networks.net; domainkey=pass Received: from aaron.protected-networks.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aaron.protected-networks.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DEFAC4EC; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:44:51 -0400 (EDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=200509; d=protected-networks.net; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:X-Enigmail-Version:OpenPGP:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=DhoaB22gb8D4gJJxF1ZuaGm8QH88hf6N1YdsfXL30LJoS1v9n2xO/KagtADzCdS5ZO6ZWQveVdS8v4wEI7f4ZcNuc5GyrEgYvQOcdpxutohJdBEP6UEvxU4zFqu2lfv4; Received: from [192.168.1.10] (socker.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.218.145.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "Iain Michael Butler", Issuer "Protected Networks Certificate Authority" (verified OK)) (Authenticated sender: imb@protected-networks.net) by aaron.protected-networks.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECEFAC1F6; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:44:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <45070021.3000606@protected-networks.net> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:44:49 -0400 From: Michael Butler User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060729) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Leffler References: <200609121102.12577.cms01@tampabay.rr.com> <200609121141.09204.cms01@tampabay.rr.com> <4506F6DF.5010900@cs.okstate.edu> <4506FE59.6000600@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <4506FE59.6000600@errno.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 OpenPGP: id=0442D492 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD inquire X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:45:21 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sam Leffler wrote: | I'd like to see support for these parts 'cuz they appear frequently | in laptops; often with bios locking which makes swapping cards | problematic. Is this as a consequence of the manufacturers paranoia that open-source developers won't comply with wifi regulatory requirements (i.e. channel and power restrictions by country) or some other reason? (not that you can't just plug in any other card into the pcmcia slot ..), Michael -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFBwAhQv9rrgRC1JIRAikeAJ4phcRxVQyaKfcv0ftKuES+CZ3ZbACeJ/m/ kE0Etz0tSeOGjlQ42234PzU= =lUIC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----