Return-path: Received: from mail-gx0-f226.google.com ([209.85.217.226]:51948 "EHLO mail-gx0-f226.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754429AbZGIHLN (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2009 03:11:13 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200907090905.27154.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> References: <200907082340.07787.elendil@planet.nl> <43e72e890907081508n6fa5781an1dcbda078efc5379@mail.gmail.com> <200907090905.27154.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:10:52 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e890907090010y2ebd4f2bvd5fe5612084fe6df@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [regression] ath5k: Overrides regulatory domain set for cfg80211 To: Holger Schurig Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Frans Pop , netdev@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Holger Schurig wrote: >> Eventually, as you will read from the feature-removal >> schedule, we intend on getting the Linux desktop to provide >> automatic hints of the user's location through things like >> GeoClue. > > Please think about embedded people. We don't need no stinkin' > geoclue. We'll need a kernel parameter or an commant for "iw" or > some other netlink based command. Note I wrote "Linux desktop" not Linux embedded. And we already have a nl80211 command for this exact purpose. You can even use wpa_supplicant if you don't want to use iw. I wouldn't be surprised to see geoclue in embedded devices though. Luis