On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 04:33:37PM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > What is the downside of just turning OLD_REG back on for 2.6.28? > > You default to the "US" regulatory domain so channels 12-14 will not > be available by default. This is also why we offloaded regulatory crap > to userspace in the first place, so you won't have to upgrade your > kernel based on reg changes or fixes. > > I'll send a patch to enable passive scan on channels 12-14 for the > world regulatory domain. That and the 5 GHz patch should at least let > you see channels 12-14 with a fix from userspace. This can also go > into 28 for the world regulatory domain and since it would be fixing > an issue maybe we should consider it. > > Thoughts John? Honestly I don't think it is worth swizzling -stable for this. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- 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
