netdev - Re: [PATCH] wireless: fix regression caused by regulatory config option

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Message-ID: <20081027204249.GA1620@ucw.cz>
Date:	Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:42:50 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rjw@...k.pl, rodriguez@...eros.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wireless: fix regression caused by regulatory config
	option

On Sun 2008-10-26 21:22:16, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 13:18 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> 
> > > Is it common practice to have compatibility options default to
> > > "y"?  I'm not saying it shouldn't be, just wondering if it has been
> > > traditionally?
> > 
> > yes
> > 
> > default should be "keep working as before"
> > 
> > it's not always nice, especially if you're trying to get rid of some
> > nasty stuff, but think of it this way: you should be able to use a
> > new kernel on an existing distro, at least for a reasonable type of
> > distro (eg something shipped in, say, the last 2 years). In this case:
> > even Fedora 10 is not likely to work!
> 
> Well, actually, it _ought_ to work fine, with a smaller set of channels,

Really? It will still break if your AP uses one of those channels, right?


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