Re: New Regulatory Domain Api.

["John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 04:02:03AM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:48:00AM -0700, John W. Linville wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 07:43:53PM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> > 
> > > > > No we can't have a new (or updated) driver require new userspace. If you
> > > > > install a 2.6.30 kernel on an Ubuntu Hardy system, it should make the
> > > > > hardware work without installing an extra userspace component. And yes,
> > > > > it works for the first card if it provides a regulatory hint, but it
> > > > > should also work for the second card.
> > > >
> > > > That is what WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY is for, no?
> > >
> > > but that would go away with 2.6.29 if it proceeds as planned.
> > 
> > I don't see a huge maintenance burden to it the way it is implemented
> > now.  I know Luis will hate the idea, but perhaps we could just let
> > it linger indefinitely?
> 
> This thread has about 65 messages on it, and no patches yet from Intel.
> I rather we talk productively about trying to resolve it with actual
> code like Johannes or I am. OLD_REGULATORY should still go IMO.

Ok, but it isn't clear to me that any patch will resolve the issue of
someone running a new kernel on an old userland unless OLD_REGULATORY
is enabled...?

John
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