Re: RFC: Regulatory info in mac80211

[Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>]

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:51:51 -0500
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:

> 3. There should be some sort of checking to verify that the database has
> not been hacked to modify transmission power, etc. in an illegal manner.
> Obviously, no foolproof means of enforcing this does not exist; however,
> we should prevent the crudest form of modifications.

Why should this be enforced at all? What the Linux kernel has to do with
enforcing legality?

I see implementation of regulatory information in mac80211 as a convenient
way in order to avoid issues for the end user. Those issues includes:
1) violating the regulatory domain compliance without noticing;
2) losing time in order to get around domain compliance checks, when
this is done with perfect consciousness.


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Ciao
Stefano