Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f209.google.com ([209.85.218.209]:56487 "EHLO mail-bw0-f209.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751531Ab0C2UEp (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:04:45 -0400 Received: by bwz1 with SMTP id 1so3870260bwz.21 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:04:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Christian Lamparter To: Krzysztof Halasa Subject: Re: CRDA and ath5k with no country code in EEPROM Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:04:36 +0200 Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <43e72e891003291222n5e72a0a5m31dddf2bbf6e06ab@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <201003292204.37467.chunkeey@googlemail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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.... Regards, Chr