On Wed, 2024-02-07 at 11:19 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote: > Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 22:27 +0000, Sergei Trofimovich wrote: > > > > > > Great point! `nixpkgs` uses `crda` only as a `hostapd` depend and > > > looking at modern `hostapd` it does not use it at all. I'll spend some > > > time removing it downstream. Thank you! > > > > Note that hostapd never directly depended on crda, it just needs/wants > > it to have the correct regulatory information in the kernel (crda puts > > it there) after switching the country (hostapd can do that if possible) > > and then hostapd retrieves the information. > > > > But in any case, the whole step with crda is no longer needed if you > > have the regulatory file (and possibly signature) in place, the firmware > > will load them as firmware files. > > I assume you mean: the kernel will load them as firmware files. > Haha, indeed, sorry. johannes
