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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
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-refs/heads/master: cc0b6fe88e99096868bdbacbf486c97299533b5a
+refs/heads/master: 6ee7d33056f6e6fc7437d980dcc741816deedd0f

trunk/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>
 
 ---------------------------

trunk/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)