Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753029AbYJ1H3l (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:29:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752299AbYJ1H33 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:29:29 -0400 Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:50792 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751690AbYJ1H32 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:29:28 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] wireless: fix regression caused by regulatory config option From: Johannes Berg To: Pavel Machek Cc: Arjan van de Ven , "John W. Linville" , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rjw@sisk.pl, rodriguez@atheros.com In-Reply-To: <20081027204249.GA1620@ucw.cz> References: <20081026103024.2712ddc9@infradead.org> <20081026200939.GC12648@tuxdriver.com> <20081026131818.7517c103@infradead.org> <1225052537.3746.5.camel@johannes.berg> <20081027204249.GA1620@ucw.cz> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-htKgMXw7WhGNXENI90Xk" Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:29:15 +0100 Message-Id: <1225178955.3796.60.camel@johannes.berg> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2128 Lines: 54 --=-htKgMXw7WhGNXENI90Xk Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 21:42 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > it's not always nice, especially if you're trying to get rid of some > > > nasty stuff, but think of it this way: you should be able to use a > > > new kernel on an existing distro, at least for a reasonable type of > > > distro (eg something shipped in, say, the last 2 years). In this case= : > > > even Fedora 10 is not likely to work! > >=20 > > Well, actually, it _ought_ to work fine, with a smaller set of channels= , >=20 > Really? It will still break if your AP uses one of those channels, right? Well yes, but the driver itself shouldn't simply fail as it did in Arjan's case, it should just not find the AP rather than saying "sorry, found error and can't continue" or something like that. johannes --=-htKgMXw7WhGNXENI90Xk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJJBr9IAAoJEKVg1VMiehFYakoP/0y7pjK40J6PJR9E189K05g4 w0eGMSsEgJoT5uzmV9nKmOTuGkw5fEGbkmuJLDPesWMr+As+CGIJsMiUJlMxOYL5 LiIL0PATw+Rdy6hYBv4RBCaPWmKSG+XjI4Jir4yROAzln5ON1pgCKaU+a3St7SNH ZWKSkyuOIydo481v2KBNDbTiPTGpeUlnjPSPlIHAtk/crCn5XP+nsk7HIvr3gzVc bcT9g5jTNZDaC2R1DMWVKf5Bja/gNhiSEkRytitCm5CcTJCEjBRoris7GyNW4cRT UGtQXaD8FwJVxoIoiPvmXCyF+/kozwRq9Y+8LM0Q6YDkvjG/LO3vWVRS8f+rTH+J zaIGd0x+Nc/IBLJC+akpr0SqEi95OXpQjMO728DjqYIEu+Pc9Fh01MuPI0EQSj8/ 6JAqMJLIMvpGHI3GBuO8QOPRscZpsIWhtVNeCBPDhvd22R6U/O0sfMWATeNp7CVe zrGrVN95FJz+6aKvou6DfQ8Q3fmIIJYzPA8iemcoUiUqXxpw6RKqq+bWKTzFiDyW ezOZtTZ2eQTEJeciZ/qVRiC8hkFke4FStZiIx/u1fOk96RvmWKRkhmycU3fo8t/C DGwIEoQp6hf3FoG83Hg6885RTLPy4lptTmAEOA74jZfho790RykMN4sSzCrhEEMk HPiTId4CCPneV+b9vyYz =IrC1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-htKgMXw7WhGNXENI90Xk-- -- 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/