On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Liketo talk <foreverfrnd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I was going through the 802.11 static regulatory domain info build > into the kernel initially. I had a few doubts regarding this which I > hope will get clarified here: > > 1) In the US regulatory domain, all the channels are configured for > active scan where as in the Japan, Europe regulatory domain, all 5 GHz > channels are configured for passive scan. Why so? The old static regulatory domain definition for countries in-kernel are left intact from what they were originally defined by whoever it is that implemented that originally. They were just ported over to the new framework. This information is outdated and will be removed eventually, this is why it falls under OLD_REG kconfig option. > 2) Why only 3 static reg domains where chosen? Because the approach we decided to take was to not define country regulatory domains in-kernel anymore and instead move the definitions to userspace. The 3 static regulatory domains for US, EU and JP are purely historical. If you want to look at the *current* regulatory framework look at the code and ignore the OLD_REG crap, which will eventually be removed. Also please read: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory 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
