On 2011-04-14 5:41 PM, Larry Vaden wrote:
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Jo-Philipp Wich<x...@subsignal.org> wrote:
I think the current situation of enforcing ETSI limits on US machines
flies in the face of "WIRELESS FREEDOM."
In the interest of collaboration Atheros specifically wants OpenWrt to
not publish unregulated binaries. One prerequisite for publishing a
fully open driver was the ability to enforce effective limits on
spectrum usage - so essentially the enforcement is what allowed actual
"Wireless Freedom" in the first place.
We are much less densely populated in rural America and need to
operate at FCC authorized power levels in order to reach many of our
subscribers.
Work is being done to properly fix the regulation code but that is
another matter than allowing user overrides.
~ Jow
Good morning, Jo-Philipp.
Please see ticket<https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/9207>.
We are not asking to override anything if I understand the matter correctly.
We are asking that OpenWrt allow legal power limits for use where it
is necessary.
I've reproduced the bug that you described and poked the guy responsible
for the buggy code. If he posts a fix, I'll merge it and backport it.
Meanwhile I'm already working out the design for a rewrite of the
cfg80211 regulatory code, because I think the original code is too
messed up to be sustainable in the long run.
- Felix
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