Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:57492 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932284AbbD0MYn convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2015 08:24:43 -0400 From: Kalle Valo To: Seth Forshee Cc: Nuno =?utf-8?Q?Gon=C3=A7alves?= , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Ubuntu regulatory database References: <20150425190912.GA1706@ubuntu-xps13> <87y4leqhu6.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> <20150427113437.GA4268@ubuntu-hedt> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:24:35 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20150427113437.GA4268@ubuntu-hedt> (Seth Forshee's message of "Mon, 27 Apr 2015 06:34:37 -0500") Message-ID: <87pp6ppxmk.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20150427_142447_076124_669FE77D) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Seth Forshee writes: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 08:08:01AM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote: >> Seth Forshee writes: >> >> > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 06:26:34PM +0100, Nuno Gonçalves wrote: >> >> I was surprised that the wireless regdb provided with Ubuntu 15.04 is >> >> almost 2 years old. >> >> >> >> Are you aware of the reason Ubuntu is not providing a updated regdb by default? >> > >> > This doesn't really seem on topic for the mailing list as it's a distro >> > issue. >> > >> > But yes, it recently came to my attention that our distro package hadn't >> > been updated in a while (I don't maintain the distro package and >> > obviously wasn't paying close enough attention). It will be updated >> > soon. >> >> Oh, so does this mean that the old regdb doesn't support 80 MHz >> channels? Is there any way to make it easier to update the regdb in >> older Ubuntu versions? > > It's likely we'll start pulling in updates on a continuing basis for as > long as a release is supported. It's been on the list of things to get > worked out right after 15.04 releases, i.e. this week. Nice, that would be perfect. -- Kalle Valo