Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:34690 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932343Ab0FUPAN (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:00:13 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:57:40 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Michael Green Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , David Quan , Emmanuel Grumbach Subject: Re: wireless-regdb: Add A band in IL - And general point regarding tx power limits in the dbase Message-ID: <20100621145740.GC5332@tuxdriver.com> References: <1274856569-13436-1-git-send-email-emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> <20100618184257.GB6282@tuxdriver.com> <93781E992CBA7843962D8B0E7D683F3C1172BD0B6D@SC1EXMB-MBCL.global.atheros.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <93781E992CBA7843962D8B0E7D683F3C1172BD0B6D@SC1EXMB-MBCL.global.atheros.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 07:51:56AM -0700, Michael Green wrote: > Here are my comments on the proposed patch... > > country IL: > > > (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) > > > + (5150 - 5250 @ 40). (N/A, 200 mW), NO-OUTDOOR > > > + (5250 - 5350 @ 40). (N/A, 200 mW), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS > 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. I'm not sure I see the fuss. If anything, using the same units as the source docs seems less error-prone to me. Why not stick with the source units and let the tool do the conversion rather than risk introducing an error in the manual conversion? John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.