On Jun 26, 2006, at 22:11, Chris Linstid wrote:
I heard that Broadcom's excuse for their reluctance to release any
specifications for the wireless chipset is that the chips are used for
both commercial and military functions and the military functions
include software radio. So, I guess they don't want the general
public to be able to access those functions. Why they are allowed by
the DoD to sell the same chips in both spaces is beyond me.
Wow, if the cheap Broadcom wireless chips have a software-defined radio
in them that would definitely be worth reverse-engineering.
I thought only the spendy TI chips were candidates for SDR hacking.
Of course, they couldn't possibly release an API that didn't include
the calls to the SDR functions. And clearly not helping linux will
thwart Kim Jong Ill's squadron of Evil Hackers from reversing the chip.
Broadcom is so patriotic.
-Bill
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