On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Holger Schurig<hs4233@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Eventually, as you will read from the feature-removal >> schedule, we intend on getting the Linux desktop to provide >> automatic hints of the user's location through things like >> GeoClue. > > Please think about embedded people. We don't need no stinkin' > geoclue. We'll need a kernel parameter or an commant for "iw" or > some other netlink based command. Note I wrote "Linux desktop" not Linux embedded. And we already have a nl80211 command for this exact purpose. You can even use wpa_supplicant if you don't want to use iw. I wouldn't be surprised to see geoclue in embedded devices though. 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