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diff --git a/include/net/wireless.h b/include/net/wireless.h
index 6e3ea0159045..41294c5f6f8f 100644
--- a/include/net/wireless.h
+++ b/include/net/wireless.h
@@ -342,34 +342,19 @@ ieee80211_get_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy, int freq)
342 342
343/** 343/**
344 * regulatory_hint - driver hint to the wireless core a regulatory domain 344 * regulatory_hint - driver hint to the wireless core a regulatory domain
345 * @wiphy: the driver's very own &struct wiphy 345 * @wiphy: the wireless device giving the hint (used only for reporting
346 * conflicts)
346 * @alpha2: the ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 the driver claims its regulatory domain 347 * @alpha2: the ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 the driver claims its regulatory domain
347 * should be in. If @rd is set this should be NULL. Note that if you 348 * should be in. If @rd is set this should be NULL. Note that if you
348 * set this to NULL you should still set rd->alpha2 to some accepted 349 * set this to NULL you should still set rd->alpha2 to some accepted
349 * alpha2. 350 * alpha2.
350 * @rd: a complete regulatory domain provided by the driver. If passed
351 * the driver does not need to worry about freeing it.
352 * 351 *
353 * Wireless drivers can use this function to hint to the wireless core 352 * Wireless drivers can use this function to hint to the wireless core
354 * what it believes should be the current regulatory domain by 353 * what it believes should be the current regulatory domain by
355 * giving it an ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 country code it knows its regulatory 354 * giving it an ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 country code it knows its regulatory
356 * domain should be in or by providing a completely build regulatory domain. 355 * domain should be in or by providing a completely build regulatory domain.
357 * If the driver provides an ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 userspace will be queried 356 * If the driver provides an ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 userspace will be queried
358 * for a regulatory domain structure for the respective country. If 357 * for a regulatory domain structure for the respective country.
359 * a regulatory domain is build and passed you should set the alpha2
360 * if possible, otherwise set it to the special value of "99" which tells
361 * the wireless core it is unknown.
362 *
363 * Returns -EALREADY if *a regulatory domain* has already been set. Note that
364 * this could be by another driver. It is safe for drivers to continue if
365 * -EALREADY is returned, if drivers are not capable of world roaming they
366 * should not register more channels than they support. Right now we only
367 * support listening to the first driver hint. If the driver is capable
368 * of world roaming but wants to respect its own EEPROM mappings for
369 * specific regulatory domains it should register the @reg_notifier callback
370 * on the &struct wiphy. Returns 0 if the hint went through fine or through an
371 * intersection operation. Otherwise a standard error code is returned.
372 */ 358 */
373extern int regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, 359extern void regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *alpha2);
374 const char *alpha2, struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd);
375#endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_H */ 360#endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_H */