[ath9k-devel] Regulatory domain

[Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>]

Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > Need to make that utility.
> 
> Blindly overwriting EEPROMs is a bad idea,

Such a utility must do the right thing of course! :) Only change the
right bits, in the right way. I haven't looked yet but I expect the
driver will show which bits matter, and how.


> You have the freedom to do what you please but essentially you
> loose my support completley for anything you ever report :)

Ah but I will not lose very much then! ;) SCNR, hehe.

I of course get your point that the EEPROM drives other things in
the driver and firmware than just reg domain, and that it's important
to be careful about which bits are touched.

This is another case where it would be cool if Atheros was open about
technical details, because instead of someone reverse engineering the
EEPROM contents there could be a known-reliable utility (a la ART)
which had expert knowledge about all the little corner cases. I guess
it's simply impossible to talk radio tech without rubbing FCC the
wrong way. So broken.. :\


//Peter