From 8a5117d80fe93de5df5b56480054f7df1fd20755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:21:07 -0400 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 8365f52a3548..02ea3773535e 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter -When: March 2010 +When: March 2010 / desktop catchup Why: This was inherited by the CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY code, and currently serves as an option for users to define an @@ -30,18 +30,23 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez --------------------------- -What: old static regulatory information -When: 2.6.29 +What: CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY - old static regulatory information +When: March 2010 / desktop catchup + Why: The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do not want to keep static regulatory domains in the kernel due to the the dynamic nature of regulatory law and localization. We kept around the old static definitions for the regulatory domains of: + * US * JP * EU + and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was - set. + set. We will remove this option once the standard Linux desktop catches + up with the new userspace APIs we have implemented. + Who: Luis R. Rodriguez --------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3