netdev - About CFG80211_REQUIRE_SIGNED

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Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2017 05:01:17 +0000
From:   Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>
To:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: About CFG80211_REQUIRE_SIGNED_REGDB in Kconfig

Hi,

I have a question about CFG80211_REQUIRE_SIGNED_REGDB behavior in the latest net-next.git.

Since my environment disables CONFIG_EXPERT, CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS is also disabled.
In this case, menuconfig doesn't show me the config because the net/wireless/Kconfig has:

config CFG80211_REQUIRE_SIGNED_REGDB
	bool "require regdb signature" if CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS
	default y
	select SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION

Does this mean that non expert users should enable CFG80211_REQUIRE_SIGNED_REGDB anyway?
Or, does this have special other reasons?

Best regards,
Yoshihiro Shimoda