From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932398AbWG3SDk (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:03:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932400AbWG3SDk (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:03:40 -0400 Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:42975 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932398AbWG3SDj (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:03:39 -0400 Subject: Re: ipw3945 status From: Kasper Sandberg To: Rene Rebe Cc: James Courtier-Dutton , Matthew Garrett , Jan Dittmer , Pavel Machek , Jirka Lenost Benc , kernel list , ipw2100-admin@linux.intel.com In-Reply-To: <200607301937.15414.rene@exactcode.de> References: <20060730104042.GE1920@elf.ucw.cz> <44CCE521.7090705@superbug.co.uk> <1154280337.13635.38.camel@localhost> <200607301937.15414.rene@exactcode.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:03:38 +0200 Message-Id: <1154282618.13635.41.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2006-07-30 at 19:37 +0200, Rene Rebe wrote: > Hi, > > it would be totally ok if the kernel had a country= command line switch > and the driver limitting functionality due that. or simply state this in the help in Kconfig? > > People that want to violate the local regulations would require to lie to > the kernel as they could install other country windows and drivers as > well. besides, im not even sure that specifying in Kconfig is necessary, wouldnt it only be illegal in countries, if people actually modified the source? > > Sure, people could modify the source as they could specify a wrong > country argument. But you can heedit the windows binary as well. > > Yours, >