Re: Linux and IBM : "unauthorized" mini-PCI : TCPA updates

From: Mike Dresser (mdresser_l@windsormachine.com)
Date: Tue Jun 03 2003 - 14:40:25 EST


On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Mark Grosberg wrote:

> Maybe there is a less evil explanation for this?
>
> This is hypothetical, but before people go off and do something rash,
> perhaps IBM prevents the card from booting for a technical reason. Maybe
> it works electrically but in late testing they found it caused thermal or
> electrical problems.

There was a thread here(i think) recently about wirless causing problems
with other frequencies, and that you could only broadcast in a specific
set of frequencies. I assume this is related to what IBM has done.

Mike

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