From: Michael Buesch <mbuesch@freenet.de>
To: gene.heskett@verizononline.net
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Announce] Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:41:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200602252041.24333.mbuesch@freenet.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200602251409.06493.gene.heskett@verizon.net>
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On Saturday 25 February 2006 20:09, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Sure, thats so ridiculous an example its sublime, but those are the
> facts that the chip makers must deal with on a global scale. Its much
> easier for them to furnish a binary only driver that enforces the rules
> for the region where the chip will be used.
But that is exactly the point. A binary only driver does not enforce
something. It can easily be run though a disassembler, hooked at kernel
level, modified with a hexeditor, rewritten as opensource...
It is not worth the pain.
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Greetings Michael.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-25 19:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-24 22:29 [Announce] Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection James Ketrenos
2006-02-24 23:34 ` Dax Kelson
2006-02-24 23:48 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-02-25 13:26 ` Michael Buesch
2006-02-25 8:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-02-25 10:49 ` Gene Heskett
2006-02-25 10:53 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-02-25 11:19 ` Gene Heskett
2006-02-25 13:19 ` Michael Buesch
2006-02-26 1:09 ` Stephen Evanchik
2006-02-25 12:29 ` Stefan Rompf
2006-02-25 14:19 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-02-25 19:09 ` Gene Heskett
2006-02-25 19:41 ` Michael Buesch [this message]
2006-02-25 22:07 ` Matthieu CASTET
2006-02-25 22:19 ` John Stoffel
2006-02-25 22:28 ` matthieu castet
2006-02-25 22:47 ` Larry Finger
2006-02-26 20:20 ` Alejandro Bonilla
2006-02-26 0:58 ` Alan Cox
2006-02-27 17:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-02-27 17:34 ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-03-03 20:04 ` Kasper Sandberg
2006-03-03 20:31 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-02-26 17:54 ` Pavel Machek
2006-02-27 14:27 ` Dick Streefland
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