From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932474AbWG3UJc (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:09:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932475AbWG3UJc (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:09:32 -0400 Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]:16779 "EHLO mx01.qsc.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932474AbWG3UJb convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:09:31 -0400 From: Rene Rebe Organization: ExactCODE To: Kasper Sandberg Subject: Re: ipw3945 status Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 22:09:09 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 Cc: James Courtier-Dutton , Matthew Garrett , Jan Dittmer , Pavel Machek , Jirka Lenost Benc , kernel list , ipw2100-admin@linux.intel.com References: <20060730104042.GE1920@elf.ucw.cz> <200607301937.15414.rene@exactcode.de> <1154282618.13635.41.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1154282618.13635.41.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200607302209.09735.rene@exactcode.de> X-Spam-Score: -101.4 (---------------------------------------------------) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "grum.localhost", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: HI, On Sunday 30 July 2006 20:03, Kasper Sandberg wrote: > > 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? [...] Content analysis details: (-101.4 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -100 USER_IN_WHITELIST From: address is in the user's white-list -1.4 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org HI, On Sunday 30 July 2006 20:03, Kasper Sandberg wrote: > > 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? I proposed a kernel command so distributors have a way to run-time change this. However now that I think about it a bit more, a simple sysfs attribute would be way more useful so the gui tool of the the distribution can switch the country immediatly and do not require a windows-al-like reboot. Yours, -- René Rebe - ExactCODE - Berlin (Europe / Germany) http://exactcode.de | http://t2-project.org | http://rene.rebe.name +49 (0)30 / 255 897 45