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Re: wireless-regdb: Add A band in IL - And general point regarding tx power limits in the dbase

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On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 07:51:56AM -0700, Michael Green wrote:
> Here are my comments on the proposed patch...
> 
> country IL:
> > >       (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
> > > +     (5150 - 5250 @ 40). (N/A, 200 mW), NO-OUTDOOR
> > > +     (5250 - 5350 @ 40). (N/A, 200 mW), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS

> b) I think all entries in the dbase should be in dBm (not mW).
> dBm vs. mW are absolutely equivalent. No reason to retain "mW"
> unit from the source docs.  I think this was agreed by all before,
> but wanted to reiterate.

I'm not sure I see the fuss.  If anything, using the same units as
the source docs seems less error-prone to me.  Why not stick with
the source units and let the tool do the conversion rather than risk
introducing an error in the manual conversion?

John
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