[rt2x00-users] [RFC] Limit txpower by eeprom values

[Helmut Schaa]

Am Dienstag 22 Juni 2010 schrieb Gertjan van Wingerde:
> On 06/22/10 14:29, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> > Am Freitag 18 Juni 2010 schrieb Lubomir Schmidt:
> >> Is it possible to change those TXPOWER settings directly in the
> >> EEPROM? With Realtek cards thats possible with a smal tool.
> > 
> > Not sure about PCI/USB cards. But the SoC devices don't have an eeprom
> > but read the calibration data from flash, and that flash is writeable.
> > 
> 
> I guess the real question is, why would we want to change it in EEPROM?
> We are reading these values in a local buffer, and can override them
> in there.

Sure, the rt2x00 driver should _never_ write anything to the EEPROM. I thought
this question is more of theoretical nature ;)

Helmut