Return-path: Received: from mail-pw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:35552 "EHLO mail-pw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752560Ab0C2V5m (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:57:42 -0400 Received: by pwi5 with SMTP id 5so7084756pwi.19 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:57:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <201003292204.37467.chunkeey@googlemail.com> References: <43e72e891003291222n5e72a0a5m31dddf2bbf6e06ab@mail.gmail.com> <201003292204.37467.chunkeey@googlemail.com> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:57:21 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e891003291457m60bbc5adm6b004ebda05ab1b2@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: CRDA and ath5k with no country code in EEPROM To: Christian Lamparter Cc: Krzysztof Halasa , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Christian Lamparter wrote: > On Monday 29 March 2010 21:49:59 Krzysztof Halasa wrote: >> The other thing is the meaning of country=0 in case of Mikrotik cards >> (and maybe others). Perhaps they should get them back. I wonder if >> their drivers break the FCC rules, allowing "0" (=US) cards to use >> channels restricted in the US. > > why should they? You can _easily_ edit the whole eeprom content > and change the country code to your heart's delight. > > Just get a _tool_ called: ath_info and read the instructions how to use it. > If you have doubts, you can also connect eeprom (24c16) to a i2c-bus and > reprogram it, it's as simple as that.... I'll note this is out of the scope of what is supported, so if you muck with ath_info you're on your own. Luis