From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 12 19:52:24 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 F017416A415 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:52:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from henrik@brixandersen.dk) Received: from ns2.pil.dk (ns2.pil.dk [195.41.47.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FEF043D6E for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:52:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from henrik@brixandersen.dk) Received: from tirith.brixandersen.dk (osgiliath.brixandersen.dk [87.53.223.189]) by ns2.pil.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5788E7BA7D4 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:52:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: by tirith.brixandersen.dk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 33329B937; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:52:09 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:52:08 +0200 From: Henrik Brix Andersen To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060912195208.GB4099@tirith.brixandersen.dk> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <200609121102.12577.cms01@tampabay.rr.com> <200609121141.09204.cms01@tampabay.rr.com> <4506F6DF.5010900@cs.okstate.edu> <4506FE59.6000600@errno.com> <45070021.3000606@protected-networks.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45070021.3000606@protected-networks.net> X-PGP-Key: http://www.brixandersen.dk/files/HenrikBrixAndersen.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) 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 19:52:25 -0000 --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 02:44:49PM -0400, Michael Butler wrote: > 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 ..), It's not manufacturers paranoia - it a requirement from the FCC (among others) that radio control must not take place in user-accessible software. Regards, Brix --=20 Henrik Brix Andersen --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: GnuPG signed iD8DBQFFBw/nv+Q4flTiePgRAnLyAJ0Y/GxUtq65oPu3VBGIp/1TOVPOmQCfZjff C9PTlBHp5dGwlN9iM5fl9BY= =8CDY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl--