On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 09:12:05AM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 01:29 +0200, Ulrich Kunitz wrote: > > Or are here people, who > > really want to freely transmit on all frequencies their RF might > > be able to generate? > > Yes :P > Some amateur radio people asked me about extending the spectrum a bit to > the top (apparently they're allowed to use the band just above the ISM > band as well). > > However, I don't think we need to cater them in the API. I think they > ought to be able to live with kernel patches since we don't really know > how far up the frequency on say the bcm43xx can go anyway before the > card breaks/malfunctions.
I concur. It would be best to confine the "normal" API to things that are legitimately done without a license if at all possible. Those who are licensed for other spectrum uses should be more than capable of applying a patch to do so (thereby more clearly taking regulatory responsibility upon themselves). John -- John W. Linville [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
