On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 6:47 AM, Krishna Chaitanya > <chaitanya.mgit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I plan to submit a patch for awk script which can handle both db.txt formats >> but could not execute it. >> >> Will try to submit a hack soon. > > OK glad to hear you will address this -- please Cc stable and specify > the kernels that require this too. Krishna, how's that coming along? If you don't have time I'll have to take a stab soon. > Please also note that there is some > code on CRDA that could replace the awk script, db2rd but that just > spits out regular output right now. You will have to revert the AUTO > patches from wireless-regdb and CRDA right now though, but db2rd could > be used as base for an implementation for something that provides the > output of a general data structures just as the awk script does, that > may be more manageable than the awk script, and although the code is > under copyleft-next I'd be happy to make an exception to include code > for a C conversion tool to data structure specifically for the kernel. > Evne though C code may be better for upstream than the awk script in > the long run we do need a work around for the awk stuff for stable and > a C replacement won't fly for stable, so the best approach would be a > fix for the awk stuff for now and then we can consider a replacement. > > Felix mentioned some changes to CRDA / wireless-regdb which could help > with binary compatibility on the db, perhaps this needs to be > coordinated with a replacement for the awk script to avoid issues like > this in the future. > > Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
