On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 08:51:30AM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > > And you can use new kernels on old distributions with old wireless > > drivers, however new mac80211 based drivers can reasonably require new > > userspace utilities, and in this case we have a new userspace > > requirement *only* when cfg80211/mac80211 based drivers do not provide > > their own regutory_hint() or in the particular case outlined in this > > thread. Additionally this new feature allows users who want to be more > > compliant to do so by s specifying a country. > > No we can't have a new (or updated) driver require new userspace. If you > install a 2.6.30 kernel on an Ubuntu Hardy system, it should make the > hardware work without installing an extra userspace component. And yes, > it works for the first card if it provides a regulatory hint, but it > should also work for the second card. That is what WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY is for, no? -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx of your literate lifestyle. -- 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
