power output control not in settings

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Which device (manufacturer, type)?
htc eris
Which firmware is installed?
2.1
What version of wireless tether are you using?
2.0.5-rc2
What steps will reproduce the problem?
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Please provide any additional information below.
power output control not in settings. is in settings for droid 2 global. just 
curious as to why not on eris

Original issue reported on code.google.com by wwwhee...@gmail.com on 24 Dec 2010 at 6:56

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have tried pre8 up to rc2 (read that the power output control was added in 
pre8) and none of them have the "poc" in settings. is it just not an option 
with the eris or something that will have to be tinkered with to achieve?

Original comment by wwwhee...@gmail.com on 29 Dec 2010 at 3:45

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The "power output control" is only supported on device (wifi interfaces) which 
support the so called "wireless extension".

... "The Wireless Extension (WE) is a generic API allowing a driver to expose 
to the user space configuration and statistics specific to common Wireless 
LANs. The beauty of it is that a single set of tool can support all the 
variations of Wireless LANs, regardless of their type (as long as the driver 
support Wireless Extension). Another advantage is these parameters may be 
changed on the fly without restarting the driver (or Linux)." ...

The eris does not support this ... and that's the reason why this entry is 
dynamically removed in settings.

Original comment by harald....@gmail.com on 29 Dec 2010 at 7:27

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alrighty then... thank you for the enlightenment

Original comment by wwwhee...@gmail.com on 29 Dec 2010 at 11:39