Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:40508 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754794AbYJUROZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:14:25 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:13:28 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Marcel Holtmann Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Zhu Yi , Johannes Berg , Luis Rodriguez , Tomas Winkler , "Kolekar, Abhijeet" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: New Regulatory Domain Api. Message-ID: <20081021171328.GG17268@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20081021_191443_841910_9D048995) References: <1224520999.9386.72.camel@californication> <1224552899.24677.245.camel@debian.sh.intel.com> <43e72e890810201842o44db616ekd8d5bc66cd1006f@mail.gmail.com> <1224554323.24677.248.camel@debian.sh.intel.com> <43e72e890810201937l3be24156t2172590138fda132@mail.gmail.com> <1224561748.24677.274.camel@debian.sh.intel.com> <43e72e890810202158m197b52a8y98844fdc9e1ccfd8@mail.gmail.com> <1224569252.9386.77.camel@californication> <43e72e890810202329g732a97ccxf176bdf4e035ccda@mail.gmail.com> <1224571890.9386.85.camel@californication> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1224571890.9386.85.camel@californication> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 08:51:30AM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > > And you can use new kernels on old distributions with old wireless > > drivers, however new mac80211 based drivers can reasonably require new > > userspace utilities, and in this case we have a new userspace > > requirement *only* when cfg80211/mac80211 based drivers do not provide > > their own regutory_hint() or in the particular case outlined in this > > thread. Additionally this new feature allows users who want to be more > > compliant to do so by s specifying a country. > > No we can't have a new (or updated) driver require new userspace. If you > install a 2.6.30 kernel on an Ubuntu Hardy system, it should make the > hardware work without installing an extra userspace component. And yes, > it works for the first card if it provides a regulatory hint, but it > should also work for the second card. That is what WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY is for, no? -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.