From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ralf Baechle DL5RB Subject: Re: Embedded Linux and Amateur Radio Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 15:12:36 +0200 Message-ID: <20050626131236.GU6953@linux-mips.org> References: <42B84FB5.8090907@wa7v.com> <42BB49C4.10004@wa7v.com> <20050625193602.GA23792@linux-mips.org> <20050626021245.GC5086@cloud.net.au> <1119754161.42be17b17cde4@mgtmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1119754161.42be17b17cde4@mgtmail.com> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: IT3 Stuart Blake Tener Cc: Linux-Hams On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 10:49:21PM -0400, IT3 Stuart Blake Tener wrote: > I do not own a 54GS, and therefore have not reviewed the source code and > firmware releases. Nor probably are you a copyright holder. Initially Broadcom wasn't shipping source code at all, a group of Linux copyright owners, including me, and the FSF negotiated the issue with Broadcom. In the end they did release a very comprehensive tarballs of source code, tools etc. which should even to a newbie permit rebuilding the code. The only problem were the wireless drivers; the Japanese regulatory authorites, the MIC, has some regulations that basically prohibit opening the access to the transmitter controlls such as power and frequency. The FCC's rules could be interpreted in similar ways and so in the end we agreed on this being a fair compromise. 73 de DL5RB op Ralf -- Loc. JN47BS / CQ 14 / ITU 28 / DOK A21