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@@ -6,7 +6,31 @@ be removed from this file.
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-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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