On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@xxxxxx> wrote: >> "Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> Since we are not following the schedule to remove OLD_REG by 2.6.29 >>> lets simply set it to default to n for 2.6.30 and schedule its >>> removal for 2.6.31 >> >> [...] >> >>> config WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY >>> bool "Old wireless static regulatory definitions" >>> - default y >>> + default n >>> ---help--- >>> This option enables the old static regulatory information >>> and uses it within the new framework. This is available >> >> What does this mean in practise? If a user compiles the kernel with >> the default settings, the wireless will work only if crda is >> installed? > > No, it means you get the static world regdomain by default instead of > the static US world regdomain by default. > >> If that's the case, this is way too early. All lazy people, like me, >> will get very frustrated because of this. They don't want to make all >> those hoops to install crda, they just want their wireless to work. >> >> For example, I still can't find crda from debian unstable. In my >> opinion we need to wait _at least_ a year after it's available in all >> distros, and only then we can make crda the default. > > Keep in mind OLD_REG still alows usage of CRDA, OLD_REG just means "3 > static regdomains, ieee80211_regdom module parameter, and make the US > static regdom the default". That's all. > >> Let's not make the same mistake the udev people did. That was a >> disaster few years back, I suffered from it multiple times. >> Fortunately things have calmed down now and I can safely update the >> kernel. > > Whatever works. I'm going to re-work this patch a bit more with some other work to make it things a bit clear. Luis -- 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
