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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
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