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2009/4/13 Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Windows XP auto-configures the regulatory domain based on your
> regional settings. Intel cards have semi-hardcoded regulatory
> information in their EEPROMs, which allows Linux to automatically
> select the right regulatory settings. Atheros cards have no such
> firmware-level regulatory enforcement.

...yet.  Actually ath9k does, and there are patches for ath5k.

However, a lot of cards are programmed to be world roaming in the
eeprom too.  So 'iw reg set XX' is still your best bet.

-- 
Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com
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