On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:43:03 +0000, David Young wrote:

> Great!
> 
> My API put too much functionality in the kernel.  FreeBSD has a vastly
> simpler API, IEEE80211_IOC_TXPOWER, which now I prefer, except with
> these semantics:
...
> 4 settings are *unitless*; if it matters, you may keep calibrate your
>   card and keep the calibration values in userland; maybe ifconfig
>   should render some assistance

I still see an issue with it: if the driver *knows* what are the correct
units, why shouldn't it provide that information to userland, instead of
requiring me to calibrate the card?

Thanks and bye	Pavel