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Date:      Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:52:49 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_M=2E_Fandi=F1o?= <freebsd4@fadesa.es>
Subject:   Re: atheros chips dangerous? 
Message-ID:  <50306.1155293569@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:28:43 %2B0100." <20060811112511.T45647@fledge.watson.org> 

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In message <20060811112511.T45647@fledge.watson.org>, Robert Watson writes:

>Something worth observing here is that many modern device drivers, especially 
>more complex cards with significant offload of functionality to the card, have 
>closed source components [...]

Not to mention regulatory requirements that the hardware not be configured
in certain parts of spectrum or power levels.

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