On 06/20/2016 04:53 PM, Julian Calaby wrote:
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?)
That would be fine with me. As I said though, there are more patches
than this one needed for full features and interoperability.
The person that sent me the mac80211/wireless patches,
and hostapd for that matter, may be able to put something together for upstream,
but I am not sure if they will have time.
I don't currently feel motivated enough to try to clean it all up and
try to push it upstream myself.
Thanks,
Ben
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Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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