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From: "John Stoffel" <john@stoffel.org>
Subject: Re: [Announce] Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:19:14 -0500
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>>>>> "Matthieu" == Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@free.fr> writes:

Matthieu> I will say, why not put the restriction of the firmware
Matthieu> binary blob ?  It run on the device so it will be difficult
Matthieu> for people to analyse it.

So what do I do when I take my US laptop and fly to country X, which
has comletely different rules for these radios?  Do I have to re-flash
my firmware to make it work properly?  

The big problem is the lack of global unity, but that will slowly get
fixes as more countries realize it's a problem.  The big issue will be
military/govt radio spectrum users, they won't want to move if they
can help it.

John