On 06-08-18 09:12 Johannes Berg wrote: > On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 01:29 +0200, Ulrich Kunitz wrote: > > Or are here people, who > > really want to freely transmit on all frequencies their RF might > > be able to generate? > > Yes :P > Some amateur radio people asked me about extending the spectrum a bit to > the top (apparently they're allowed to use the band just above the ISM > band as well).
I had some discussions with radio amateurs about the RFs in the ZD1211 devices. Even if I could transmit in their required bands, the RFs are so WLAN specific, that they don't fulfill their requirements. It's really funny, if somebody explains to you that these chips are of extremely low quality. I always try to explain to them that the complete devices are sold for only 17 Euros including VAT. You cannot expect for this price the quality required for long range transmissions at these high frequencies. I support the idea that radio amateurs should create their own patches if they need it. Supporting the frequencies in the interface, is a typical feature used by less than 1% of the user base, but would cost more than 80% of the effort. We should also not do anything, which would raise the impression, that we want to ignore regulatory rules. > However, I don't think we need to cater them in the API. I think they > ought to be able to live with kernel patches since we don't really know > how far up the frequency on say the bcm43xx can go anyway before the > card breaks/malfunctions. Do they have a separate RF? They data sheets are usually available, even if the not always explain the register programming. -- Uli Kunitz - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
