From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262798AbTEAXvi (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2003 19:51:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262797AbTEAXuC (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2003 19:50:02 -0400 Received: from rth.ninka.net ([216.101.162.244]:46553 "EHLO rth.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262794AbTEAXty (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2003 19:49:54 -0400 Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM4306/BCM2050 support From: "David S. Miller" To: Stuffed Crust Cc: bas.mevissen@hetnet.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20030429144055.GA11583@shaftnet.org> References: <4b4e01c30e4e$0352c5a0$d16897c2@hetnet.nl> <20030429144055.GA11583@shaftnet.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1051786888.8772.7.camel@rth.ninka.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 01 May 2003 04:01:28 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 07:40, Stuffed Crust wrote: > RF tables and regulation might be an excuse chipset companies use to > hide their specs, but the real reasons tend to be a bit more along the > lines of: > > "We want to protect our valuable IP" > > ...which translates to: > > "We want to protect our violations of other people's valuable IP" > > It's CYA, plain and simple. This is very far from the truth. And as Alan and myself have been talking to upper management entities at various wireless card companies we know the real reason has to do with making regulation agencies happy. They do have drivers, and they do want to publish them and yes they recognize that this will expose a lot of their IP and they accept that. -- David S. Miller