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| author | Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> | 2009-03-24 21:21:07 -0400 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2009-03-27 20:13:23 -0400 |
| commit | 8a5117d80fe93de5df5b56480054f7df1fd20755 (patch) | |
| tree | 12f7818ef99e7c170dc6484dc8f3f1bd52637a03 /net | |
| parent | e4e72fb4de93e3d4047a4ee3f08778422e17ed0d (diff) | |
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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>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/Kconfig | 37 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig index d1d18f34d272..3c3bc9e579ed 100644 --- a/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -12,36 +12,17 @@ config CFG80211_REG_DEBUG config WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY bool "Old wireless static regulatory definitions" - default y + default n ---help--- This option enables the old static regulatory information - and uses it within the new framework. This is available - temporarily as an option to help prevent immediate issues - due to the switch to the new regulatory framework which - does require a new userspace application which has the - database of regulatory information (CRDA) and another for - setting regulatory domains (iw). - - For more information see: - - http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/CRDA - http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw - - It is important to note though that if you *do* have CRDA present - and if this option is enabled CRDA *will* be called to update the - regulatory domain (for US and JP only). Support for letting the user - set the regulatory domain through iw is also supported. This option - mainly exists to leave around for a kernel release some old static - regulatory domains that were defined and to keep around the old - ieee80211_regdom module parameter. This is being phased out and you - should stop using them ASAP. - - Note: You will need CRDA if you want 802.11d support - - Say Y unless you have installed a new userspace application. - Also say Y if have one currently depending on the ieee80211_regdom - module parameter and cannot port it to use the new userspace - interfaces. + and uses it within the new framework. This option is available + for historical reasons and it is advised to leave it off. + + For details see: + + http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory + + Say N and if you say Y, please tell us why. The default is N. config WIRELESS_EXT bool "Wireless extensions" |
