Message-ID: <1420542520.1966.22.camel@sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20150106_120846_288398_08EA776F)
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] cfg80211: Add API to change the indoor
 regulatory setting
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, mcgrof@suse.com,
	Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:08:40 +0100
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On Mon, 2015-01-05 at 23:52 -0500, Ilan Peer wrote:
> As the operating environment of a device can change, add
> API for user space to indicate a change of indoor settings.
> In addition modify the handling of the indoor processing as
> follows:
> 
> 1. Directly update the indoor setting without wrapping it as a
>    regulatory request.
> 2. Track the socket on which the indoor hint is issued, and reset
>    indoor setting if the socket was released.

This probably needs to be wrapped with a request flag from userspace to
have the new behaviour - but if not then at least explain why not?

johannes