Return-path: Received: from mail-qc0-f174.google.com ([209.85.216.174]:39427 "EHLO mail-qc0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755131AbbBTPCm (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:02:42 -0500 Message-ID: <54E74C8F.9020606@gmail.com> (sfid-20150220_160321_831820_FD7D59C9) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:02:39 -0500 From: Jonathan Bither MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, "Luis R. Rodriguez" CC: "Peer, Ilan" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , ArikX Nemtsov , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] cfg80211: Add API to change the indoor regulatory setting References: <1422889166-29386-1-git-send-email-ilan.peer@intel.com> <20150206235802.GA19988@wotan.suse.de> <20150210200027.GG19988@wotan.suse.de> <20150220005344.GF20824@wotan.suse.de> <36119.1424394185@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <36119.1424394185@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 02/19/2015 08:03 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 01:53:44 +0100, "Luis R. Rodriguez" said: >> Wider community: >> >> anyone aware of any *need* in the kernel to know whether one is indoor or >> not on a device running Linux other than wifi? Clearly it should be something >> that might be of interest to at least other RF devices, so that is at least >> one possibilty to consider already, but what else? > > I can think of a lot of reasons for the kernel to make indoor/outdoor > status available to userspace, but am coming up empty why the kernel itself > should care.... > That made me try to think of the possible uses for such a variable but I imagine that they can all be handled by userspace as well. Powering down GPS chips for energy consumption. Applying filters to cameras for fluorescent lights.