From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:39293 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750972AbYKJTbI (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:31:08 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:19:26 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: johannes@sipsolutions.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] cfg80211/mac80211: Add 802.11d support Message-ID: <20081110191925.GK3546@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20081110_203114_628754_2C5B83FA) References: <1226097635-9555-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1226097635-9555-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 02:40:35PM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > This adds country IE parsing to mac80211 and enables its usage > within the new regulatory infrastructure in cfg80211. We parse > the country IEs only on management beacons for the BSSID you are > associated to and disregard the IEs when the country and environment > (indoor, outdoor, any) matches the already processed country IE. > > To avoid following misinformed or outdated APs we build and use > a regulatory domain out of the intersection between what the AP > provides us on the country IE and what CRDA is aware is allowed > on the same country. > > A secondary device is allowed to follow only the same country IE > as it make no sense for two devices on a system to be in two > different countries. > > In the case the AP is using country IEs for an incorrect country > the user may help compliance further by setting the regulatory > domain before or after the IE is parsed and in that case another > intersection will be performed. > > CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY is supported but requires CRDA > present. > > Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez > --- > > This addresses Johannes' latest feedback. It replaces 3/3 > of my last series. I'm sorry, but I see four different series w/ similar titles but with at least some difference in patches between them. Could you just repost a singled unified patch series for 802.11d? Thanks, John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.