Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:44583 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754895Ab0FUTPf (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:15:35 -0400 Subject: Re: wireless-regdb: Add A band in IL - And general point regarding tx power limits in the dbase From: Johannes Berg To: Michael Green Cc: "John W. Linville" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , David Quan , Emmanuel Grumbach In-Reply-To: <93781E992CBA7843962D8B0E7D683F3C1172BD0B6D@SC1EXMB-MBCL.global.atheros.com> References: <1274856569-13436-1-git-send-email-emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> <20100618184257.GB6282@tuxdriver.com> <93781E992CBA7843962D8B0E7D683F3C1172BD0B6D@SC1EXMB-MBCL.global.atheros.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:15:31 +0200 Message-ID: <1277147731.3635.12.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 07:51 -0700, Michael Green wrote: > b) I think all entries in the dbase should be in dBm (not mW). dBm > vs. mW are absolutely equivalent. No reason to retain "mW" unit from > the source docs. I think this was agreed by all before, but wanted to > reiterate. Why? The tools automatically convert one into the other as required, so if the source documents state mW it is _much_ easier to retain it for future review. Hence I think it should be retained. As you say, it's absolutely equivalent, so there's no reason _not_ to retain it as in the source. johannes