ipw2200 regulatory region setting

[please CC me on replies, I'm not subscribed]

I'm asking why there is no module parameter for the ipw2200 module (at 
least of kernel 2.6.20 which I currently use) to select the actual 
regulatory region. One has to patch ipw2200.c to achieve that.
This is not so important for 802.11bg but in case of 802.11a It can 
happen that you don't get any connection at all as you use the wrong 
channel set (and you're not in regulatory compliance).

Reasoning:

1. You may obtain a card that has some regulatory region in the eprom 
that does not match the regulatory region you're actually in. In my case 
  the 2915ABG card I obtained (in germany) has "ZZH" in the eprom but 
actually for my regulatory region (germany) I do need "ZZE".

2. You may travel between regulatory regions and thus may have to change 
the regulatory region settings.

Having to patch the driver source to gain regulatory compliance does 
seem counterproductive to me.
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Andreas Steinmetz                       SPAMmers use [email protected]

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