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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt | 22 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt index 46c8d8b..381e5b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt @@ -200,23 +200,5 @@ Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered: Statically compiled regulatory database --------------------------------------- -In most situations the userland solution using CRDA as described -above is the preferred solution. However in some cases a set of -rules built into the kernel itself may be desirable. To account -for this situation, a configuration option has been provided -(i.e. CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB). With this option enabled, -the wireless database information contained in net/wireless/db.txt is -used to generate a data structure encoded in net/wireless/regdb.c. -That option also enables code in net/wireless/reg.c which queries -the data in regdb.c as an alternative to using CRDA. - -The file net/wireless/db.txt should be kept up-to-date with the db.txt -file available in the git repository here: - - git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sforshee/wireless-regdb.git - -Again, most users in most situations should be using the CRDA package -provided with their distribution, and in most other situations users -should be building and using CRDA on their own rather than using -this option. If you are not absolutely sure that you should be using -CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB then _DO_NOT_USE_IT_. +When a database should be fixed into the kernel, it can be provided as a +firmware file at build time that is then linked into the kernel. |
