2 files changed, 32 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index e47c0ff8ba7a..8365f52a3548 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,31 @@ be removed from this file.
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:   old static regulatory information and ieee80211_regdom module parameter
+What:   The ieee80211_regdom module parameter
+When:   March 2010
+
+Why:    This was inherited by the CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY code,
+        and currently serves as an option for users to define an
+        ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 code for the country they are currently
+        present in. Although there are userspace API replacements for this
+        through nl80211 distributions haven't yet caught up with implementing
+        decent alternatives through standard GUIs. Although available as an
+        option through iw or wpa_supplicant its just a matter of time before
+        distributions pick up good GUI options for this. The ideal solution
+        would actually consist of intelligent designs which would do this for
+        the user automatically even when travelling through different countries.
+        Until then we leave this module parameter as a compromise.
+
+        When userspace improves with reasonable widely-available alternatives for
+        this we will no longer need this module parameter. This entry hopes that
+        by the super-futuristically looking date of "March 2010" we will have
+        such replacements widely available.
+
+Who:    Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What:   old static regulatory information
 When:   2.6.29
 Why:    The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one
         which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do
@@ -17,9 +41,7 @@ Why:	The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one
                 * JP
                 * EU
         and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was
-        set. We also kept around the ieee80211_regdom module parameter in case
-        some applications were relying on it. Changing regulatory domains
-        can now be done instead by using nl80211, as is done with iw.
+        set.
 Who:    Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
 
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diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index 9afc9168748b..ac048a158d85 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -122,9 +122,14 @@ static const struct ieee80211_regdomain *cfg80211_world_regdom =
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY
 static char *ieee80211_regdom = "US";
+#else
+static char *ieee80211_regdom = "00";
+#endif
+
 module_param(ieee80211_regdom, charp, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ieee80211_regdom, "IEEE 802.11 regulatory domain code");
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY
 /*
  * We assume 40 MHz bandwidth for the old regulatory work.
  * We make emphasis we are using the exact same frequencies
@@ -2152,7 +2157,7 @@ int regulatory_init(void)
 #else
         cfg80211_regdomain = cfg80211_world_regdom;
 
-        err = regulatory_hint_core("00");
+        err = regulatory_hint_core(ieee80211_regdom);
 #endif
         if (err) {
                 if (err == -ENOMEM)