atheros chips dangerous?

[David G. Andersen]

Wesley Morgan just mooed:
> I agree, the Atheros driver is fantastic. The driver may be "binary" in 
> some ways, but I think we got the best of both worlds. The vendor is 
> providing every scrap of information necessary without having to give away 
> trade secrets, and FreeBSD got a driver authored by a developer who is 
> probably one of the most qualified people in the world to work on it. I 
> know I go out of my way to purchase and recommend Atheros-based wireless 
> devices because of this.
> 

It's not just trade secrets - it's FCC regulations, as phk alluded
to.  Customers are not allowed to have the ability to configure a
device to operate outside its allowed frequency and power range.

  -Dave

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