Re: [Madwifi-devel] Madwifi-devel Digest, Vol 5, Issue 18

[Pavel R. <pr...@gn...>]

On Fri, 2006-10-20 at 11:15 +0200, Pommnitz Jörg wrote:
> Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > Other chipsets use saner architectures that don't require the host
> processor to be involved in low-level operations. 
> 
> This MIGHT be about to change for two reasons:
> 1) Atheros chips already do SDR (Software Defined Radio) this is
> currently a major buzzword and get's a lot of attention because of the
> exciting features it opens.
> 2) To make use of Windows Vista's 802.11 stack cards will need more
> flexibility. This could be a major push for all vendors to go the SDR
> path.

Now that's what FCC should really worry about - a Windows virus giving
bad guys control of thousands if not millions software defined radios
across the world.

There are good reasons why software defined radio and a consumer OS
should not share the CPU.  And closing parts of the driver source by the
means of copyright is at best security through obscurity.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin