Hi John, > > > 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? but that would go away with 2.6.29 if it proceeds as planned. Regards Marcel -- 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
