Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:54:54 +0000
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: James Ketrenos <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
Cc: NetDev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Announce] Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
Message-ID: <20060226175454.GA2429@ucw.cz>
References: <43FF88E6.6020603@linux.intel.com>
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> 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!
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