Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ipw3945 status | From | Kasper Sandberg <> | Date | Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:02:13 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2006-07-30 at 22:09 +0200, Rene Rebe wrote: > HI, > > On Sunday 30 July 2006 20:03, Kasper Sandberg wrote: > > > > it would be totally ok if the kernel had a country= command line switch > > > and the driver limitting functionality due that. > > or simply state this in the help in Kconfig? > > > > > > People that want to violate the local regulations would require to lie to > > > the kernel as they could install other country windows and drivers as > > > well. > > besides, im not even sure that specifying in Kconfig is necessary, > > wouldnt it only be illegal in countries, if people actually modified the > > source? > > I proposed a kernel command so distributors have a way to run-time > change this. > > However now that I think about it a bit more, a simple sysfs attribute > would be way more useful so the gui tool of the the distribution can > switch the country immediatly and do not require a windows-al-like reboot. > or perhaps people should just not install/use stuff illegal in their country.
> Yours, >
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