Hi Ben, On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 6:41 AM, Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/20/2016 01:34 PM, Kalle Valo wrote: >> >> Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> NOTE: These channels must not be used in most regulatory >>> domains unless you have a license from the FCC or similar! >>> >>> A proper regulatory database is also required to actually use >>> these channels. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> I feel that the license is a problem and this doesn't belong to the >> kernel. >> The patch has been dropped. > > > It's not a lot different from having to be in normal FCC regulations > w/regard to > DFS channels, tx power, and such, but maybe having driver support is > considered to make it > too easy for users to hack around restrictions? Maybe hide this behind CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS or equivalent? (Maybe a new symbol CFG80211_LICENSE_REQUIRED with big scary feds-will-come-knocking warnings in the help text?) Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ -- 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
