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Message-ID: <CAB=NE6VJEm9sL+KZFAAYHGR4=hEhT_NjM3k1W5tGEuXp98x2eg@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:09:04 -0800 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com> To: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> Cc: "Peer, Ilan" <ilan.peer@...el.com>, "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, ArikX Nemtsov <arik@...ery.com>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] cfg80211: Add API to change the indoor regulatory setting On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 5:03 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote: > On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 01:53:44 +0100, "Luis R. Rodriguez" said: >> Wider community: >> >> anyone aware of any *need* in the kernel to know whether one is indoor or >> not on a device running Linux other than wifi? Clearly it should be something >> that might be of interest to at least other RF devices, so that is at least >> one possibilty to consider already, but what else? > > I can think of a lot of reasons for the kernel to make indoor/outdoor > status available to userspace, but am coming up empty why the kernel itself > should care.... Some devices enable regulatory control through the kernel, in such cases the wireless-regdb is used and there is an INDOOR flag that enables / disables specific functionality. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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