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Quote of the weekQuote of the weekPosted Nov 1, 2005 23:52 UTC (Tue) by N0NB (guest, #3407)Parent article: Quote of the week
One of the problem areas is wireless network adapters where the US FCC mandates a tamperproof driver to assure Part 15 compliance. I am most familiar with Madwifi for Atheros chipsets and I know it provides a binary file for the chipset driver.
I understand perfectly well the motivation of the kernel developers, and I understand perfectly well the regulatory requirements of the FCC and why they exist. This is an interesting case where two opposing worlds collide.
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Quote of the week Posted Nov 4, 2005 3:16 UTC (Fri) by riel (subscriber, #3142) [Link] There is no such thing as "tamper proof". Just do a web search and you will find software that works around, or changes, the binary only drivers to make the wifi cards transmit on other frequencies and/or with different transmission power. Ironically it is the binary only drivers that are being tampered with...
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