Return-path: Received: from mail-oi0-f53.google.com ([209.85.218.53]:36105 "EHLO mail-oi0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753770AbcEBNm2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 May 2016 09:42:28 -0400 Received: by mail-oi0-f53.google.com with SMTP id x201so189637687oif.3 for ; Mon, 02 May 2016 06:42:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 08:42:26 -0500 From: Seth Forshee To: Maximilian Engelhardt Cc: wireless-regdb@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, maxi@daemonizer.de Subject: Re: wireless-regdb: Update regulatory rules for Germany (DE) on 5GHz Message-ID: <20160502134226.GA2714@ubuntu-hedt> (sfid-20160502_154246_102268_8CD9BA09) References: <1958820.LBuzOElZFT@perisens15> <20160421131938.GA95003@ubuntu-hedt> <2919568.ssjlN6KUVX@perisens15> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 In-Reply-To: <2919568.ssjlN6KUVX@perisens15> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 08:08:46PM +0200, Maximilian Engelhardt wrote: > On Thursday 21 April 2016 08:19:38 Seth Forshee wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 08:03:16PM +0200, Maximilian Engelhardt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > In Europe ETSI standardized the used for short range devices (SRD) [1] in > > > ETSI EN 300 440-1 [2]. > > > According to this standard generic use equipment is allowed to transmit in > > > the frequency range form 5725 MHz to 5875 MHz with a maximum output power > > > of 25 mW e.i.r.p. This generic allocation also allows transmission of > > > 802.11 devices. > > > > > > [3] has a list of countries and their status about the implementation of > > > the SRD frequency bands. For the 5 GHz band this can be seen on page 38 > > > in the paragraph ANNEX 1 and the entry Annex j. > > > > > > Attached is a patch that adds the 5 GHz SRD band to db.txt for Germany. > > > > > > If it is acceptable I can provide a patch adding the 5 GHz SRD band for > > > the > > > other countries listed in [3]. > > > > The changes seem okay as far as I can tell. You do need to include your > > signed-off-by tag on the patch however, see > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sforshee/wireless-regdb.git/tre > > e/CONTRIBUTING. > > > > Thanks, > > Seth > > Hi Seth, > > Thanks for your reply. You can find my signed-off-by tag below together with > the unchanged patch. > > I can affirm I did check this carefully with the official documents of the > German administration for radio equipment (Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, > Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen). > > I noticed that the links to the other entries for Germany are broken, as the > website design was changed and thus all old link became non functional. I can > provide a patch fixing this if it is something that's considered useful. > > > The comments to my initial mail indicated that the statement in the ERC > recommendation I linked are alone not enough to add this frequency ranges for > other countries. Unfortunately I don't have the possibility to do these checks > for countries other than Germany. > > If there is anything I can do to help adding the SRD entries for more > countries please let me know. > > Thanks, > Maxi > > > Signed-off-by: Maximilian Engelhardt Applied, thanks.