Re: [9fans] Native vs Emulated

[George Michaelson <ggm@apnic.net>]

the X31 I am on in NetBSD has atheros drivers, which I think may be sam
leffler's work in both Free and NetBSD. It uses the binary only HAL code.

is there some codebase outside of the HAL stuff?

-G

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$Id: README,v 1.2 2004/05/15 22:26:25 samleffler Exp $


WARNING: THIS IS A BETA DISTRIBUTION.  THIS SOFTWARE HAS KNOWN PROBLEMS AND
WARNING: LIMITATIONS THAT WILL BE CORRECTED BEFORE A PRODUCTION RELEASE.
WARNING: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!


Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL)
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* Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Sam Leffler.
* Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Atheros Communications, Inc.
* All rights reserved.

Read the file COPYRIGHT for the complete copyright.

This code manages much of the chip-specific operation of the Atheros
driver. The HAL is provided in a binary-only form in order to comply with
FCC regulations.  In particular, a radio transmitter can only be operated
at power levels and on frequency channels for which it is approved.  The
FCC requires that a software-defined radio cannot be configured by a user
to operate outside the approved power levels and frequency channels.
This makes it difficult to open-source code that enforces limits on
the power levels, frequency channels and other parameters of the radio
transmitter.  See

http://ftp.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Orders/2001/fcc01264.pdf

for the specific FCC regulation.  Because the module is provided in a
binary-only form it is marked "Proprietary"; this means when you load
it you will see messages that your system is now "tainted".

If you wish to use this driver on a platform for which an ath_hal
module is not already provided please contact the author.  Note that
this is only necessary for new _architectures_; the HAL is not tied to
any specific version of your operating system.

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