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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] cfg80211: reg: Add NL80211_RRF_USER_REGD_NEEDED
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From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Michal Sojka <sojkam1@fel.cvut.cz>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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On Mon, 2015-11-23 at 19:27 +0100, Michal Sojka wrote:
> 
> The NL80211_RRF_USER_REGD_NEEDED flag introduced in this commit
> allows
> drivers to specify that certain band is enabled only if it is
> additionally enabled in user-supplied regulatory database. If the
> band
> is not present there, the channels are simply disabled.

I can see why you'd want this flag internally (although it'll require
rework given the comments on the previous patch) - but is there a
reason to export it in nl80211? Then again, perhaps it *would* be good
to show this information in userspace?

johannes