Hi, This topic has numerous aspects e.g. an open firmware allows to boost powers of wireless signals which violates FCC mandates and can cause problems. Other than burrying it in binary blob(worse than a hex dump), there is no other effective measure.
More importantly, tainted kernels are illegal and that is an accepted fact. Just that kernel developers don't go after every tainted kernel, does not make them any less legal. Furthermore the link cited, http://jebba.blagblagblag.org/?p=244, shows hex dump of firmware which is perfectly fine I think. The values are out there for anybody to use there and an open source driver illustrates how to use them too. How it is not open source, is beyond me. The kernel is GPLed, but the firmware may not be. Shridhar -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
