netdev - Re: [regression] ath5k: Overrides regulatory domain set for cfg80211

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Message-ID: <43e72e890907090010y2ebd4f2bvd5fe5612084fe6df@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:10:52 -0700
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>
To:	Holger Schurig <hs4233@...l.mn-solutions.de>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [regression] ath5k: Overrides regulatory domain set for cfg80211

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Holger
Schurig<hs4233@...l.mn-solutions.de> wrote:
>> Eventually, as you will read from the feature-removal
>> schedule, we intend on getting the Linux desktop to provide
>> automatic hints of the user's location through things like
>> GeoClue.
>
> Please think about embedded people. We don't need no stinkin'
> geoclue. We'll need a kernel parameter or an commant for "iw" or
> some other netlink based command.

Note I wrote "Linux desktop" not Linux embedded. And we already have a
nl80211 command for this exact purpose. You can even use
wpa_supplicant if you don't want to use iw.

I wouldn't be surprised to see geoclue in embedded devices though.

  Luis
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