From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: [Announce] Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:54:54 +0000 Message-ID: <20060226175454.GA2429@ucw.cz> References: <43FF88E6.6020603@linux.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: NetDev , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: James Ketrenos Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43FF88E6.6020603@linux.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org > As a result of this change, some of the capabilities currently required > to be provided on the host include enforcement of regulatory limits for > the radio transmitter (radio calibration, transmit power, valid > channels, 802.11h, etc.) In order to meet the requirements of all > geographies into which our adapters ship (over 100 countries) we have > placed the regulatory enforcement logic into a user space daemon that > we provide as a binary under the same license agreement as the > microcode. We provide that binary pre-compiled as both a 32-bit and > 64-bit application. The daemon utilizes a sysfs interface exposed by > the driver in order to communicate with the hardware and configure the > required regulatory parameters. Well, that means no luck to sparc users.... And I hope kernel<->user interface is nice, clean and documented. -- Thanks, Sharp!