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authorLuis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>2009-03-24 21:21:07 -0400
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-03-27 20:13:23 -0400
commit8a5117d80fe93de5df5b56480054f7df1fd20755 (patch)
tree12f7818ef99e7c170dc6484dc8f3f1bd52637a03 /Documentation
parente4e72fb4de93e3d4047a4ee3f08778422e17ed0d (diff)
cfg80211: default CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY to n
And update description and feature-removal schedule according to the new plan. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ be removed from this file.
7--------------------------- 7---------------------------
8 8
9What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter 9What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter
10When: March 2010 10When: March 2010 / desktop catchup
11 11
12Why: This was inherited by the CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY code, 12Why: This was inherited by the CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY code,
13 and currently serves as an option for users to define an 13 and currently serves as an option for users to define an
@@ -30,18 +30,23 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
30 30
31--------------------------- 31---------------------------
32 32
33What: old static regulatory information 33What: CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY - old static regulatory information
34When: 2.6.29 34When: March 2010 / desktop catchup
35
35Why: The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one 36Why: The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one
36 which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do 37 which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do
37 not want to keep static regulatory domains in the kernel due to the 38 not want to keep static regulatory domains in the kernel due to the
38 the dynamic nature of regulatory law and localization. We kept around 39 the dynamic nature of regulatory law and localization. We kept around
39 the old static definitions for the regulatory domains of: 40 the old static definitions for the regulatory domains of:
41
40 * US 42 * US
41 * JP 43 * JP
42 * EU 44 * EU
45
43 and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was 46 and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was
44 set. 47 set. We will remove this option once the standard Linux desktop catches
48 up with the new userspace APIs we have implemented.
49
45Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> 50Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
46 51
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