From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jouni Malinen" Subject: Re: [RFC] Geographical/regulatory information for ieee80211 Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:27:15 -0700 Message-ID: <20060414152715.GC29461@instant802.com> References: <443EF3E9.7050303@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us Return-path: Received: from dhost002-10.dex002.intermedia.net ([64.78.21.75]:32884 "EHLO dhost002-10.dex002.intermedia.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964992AbWDNP1X (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:27:23 -0400 To: Larry Finger Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <443EF3E9.7050303@lwfinger.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 07:59:21PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > I am planning on writing a new routine to be added to > net/ieee80211/ieee80211_geo.c that will populate an ieee80211_geo object > given a country code. The new routine will eliminate the need for each > driver to do their own. > Neglecting any discussion of maximum power, I have been able to arrange the > countries into the following groups: The maximum power would be quite useful--I would say required--part of regulatory domain information.. In other words, I would like to see the groups created in a way that would take differences in power limits into account. Without this, the groups will need to be re-created at some point in the future when IEEE 802.11d and IEEE 802.11h would like to use the same table.. In addition, flag of specifying indoor/outdoor/both would be a nice addition. It would be useful to have a text file with all the information in an easily parseable format. I would like to be able to add a user space tool that uses this file to take care of channel/TX power policies. The needed parameters would then be configured for the kernel side 802.11 whenever needed. -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA