On Thu, Nov 26 2015, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Mon, 2015-11-23 at 19:27 +0100, Michal Sojka wrote: >> This option is meant for use by drivers and other subsystems to >> enable >> support for the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS-G5) band. The >> option depends on CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS as the use of this band >> is >> restricted. EU allows using it only for certain applications, USA >> require certification. > > Hm. Why do we need this now? I see that you're checking it in ath9k, to > enable the "ITSG5" channels, but why wouldn't you always do that, now > that you have the extra checks with the user regdb being required and > all? Because in [1] Jouni said that "kernel config option + custom regdb would certainly be much closer to what I'd like to see from the regulatory enforcement view point" I also like the fact that the help text mentions the relevant regulatory documents. I guess the users would appreciate that. -Michal [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/ath9k-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg13795.html -- 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
