Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751258AbWAPXCr (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:02:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751257AbWAPXCr (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:02:47 -0500 Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([24.172.12.4]:40964 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751255AbWAPXCq (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:02:46 -0500 Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:02:19 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Alan Cox Cc: Samuel Ortiz , ext Stuffed Crust , Jeff Garzik , Johannes Berg , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: wireless: recap of current issues (configuration) Message-ID: <20060116230215.GE5529@tuxdriver.com> Mail-Followup-To: Alan Cox , Samuel Ortiz , ext Stuffed Crust , Jeff Garzik , Johannes Berg , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060113221935.GJ16166@tuxdriver.com> <1137191522.2520.63.camel@localhost> <20060114011726.GA19950@shaftnet.org> <43C97605.9030907@pobox.com> <20060115152034.GA1722@shaftnet.org> <20060116170951.GA8596@shaftnet.org> <20060116190629.GB5529@tuxdriver.com> <1137450281.15553.87.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1137450281.15553.87.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 910 Lines: 23 On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 10:24:41PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > I would expect equipment to honour the subset of configurations that > meet BOTH the regulatory domain the system believes it exists within > (which may change dynamically!) AND the AP advertisement. > > If I have told my equipment to obey UK law I expect it to do so. If I > hop on the train to France and forget to revise my configuration I'd > prefer it also believed the APs Yes, this is an excellent point. I suppose this could result in a non-functional configuration, but that is probably better than conflicting w/ the local authorities... :-) John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/