From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.atheros.com ([12.36.123.2]:14889 "EHLO mail.atheros.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751128AbYKXUex (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:34:53 -0500 Received: from mail.atheros.com ([10.10.20.107]) by sidewinder.atheros.com for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:34:53 -0800 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:34:51 -0800 To: , CC: Subject: [ANN] CRDA and wireless-regdb release Message-ID: <20081124203451.GB6245@tesla> (sfid-20081124_213457_798688_9B13881E) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: We have official releases now of wireless regulatory database and of CRDA. Our latest is: * wireless-regdb-master-2008-11-17 * crda-0.9.4 You can find both here: http://wireless.kernel.org/download/wireless-regdb/ http://wireless.kernel.org/download/crda/ The usage of crda + regdb has allowed us to move regulatory restrictions out from drivers in the kernel out to userspace. You can use CRDA + regdb on kernels > 2.6.28 (or anyone using compat-wireless). CRDA and the wireless-regdb are intended to be provided as separate packages so regulatory rule updates can be provided without having to update the crda binary. When packaging/building keep in mind you'll only need the regulatory.bin from wireless-regdb. The crda binary is just a udev helper, distributions are expected to install the provided regulatory.rules file. Users wishing to read the installed database can use: regdbdump /path/regulatory.bin Users/developers wishing to patch the regulatory database can send patches against John's wireless-regdb tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-regdb.git These are automated releases based on new git tags but we will send out e-mails when we have new releases. For futher information please see: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory Luis