Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:47344 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752995AbZGTUa7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:30:59 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:16:16 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: Bastien Nocera , GeoClue , linux-wireless , desrt@desrt.ca, Dan Winship , Tim Gardner , till.kamppeter@gmail.com Subject: Re: Using GeoClue to send a Linux wireless regulatory hint Message-ID: <20090720201616.GF2775@tuxdriver.com> References: <43e72e890907161810k51e3830bqe3283539f19e2fd2@mail.gmail.com> <1247848427.8139.4386.camel@localhost.localdomain> <43e72e890907170952v20677c7fr50204df952228d53@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e890907170954y20375636s7dad8fd972406310@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: <43e72e890907170954y20375636s7dad8fd972406310@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 09:54:53AM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > > It just reads the country from timezone file, I've pasted the script > > below inline in case you are curious. > > Oh and here is the script used by Fedora (thanks to John): This script is invoked by /lib/udev/rules.d/85-regulatory.rules in Fedora. This only occurs when a wireless device is added to the system. There is currently no awareness of timezone changes -- definitely a short-coming. We could use some desktop developers to advise/help with that! John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready. ?Viva Honduras Libre!