[ath9k-devel] Country code setting issue

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se> wrote:
> Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>> >> I have considered opening up a tool that lets you do this if we can
>> >> determine your country is not US or JP by using GeoClue. I already
>> >> had some initial glue code with geoclue for iw
>> >
>> > Great idea to add this to iw!
>>
>> Patch was posted a while ago, but yeah I just have to rewrite it, but
>> Johannes also didn't seem too thrilled to have this as part of iw.
>> Perhaps its better to just have this as a separate app. Not sure.
>
> I think it would be fine to also have it in a separate app. Any way
> it can be released works for me!
>
> Can you give me a hint what to search for to find the patch? I found
>
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg54532.html
>
> but it is just about setting regdomain from GeoClue. That's VERY
> different from writing the EEPROM, the only useful solution IMO.

Right. Like I said, baby steps, the trust worthiness of that hint is
not so accurate. We want to also use the master provider and then
request we want an accuracy within a country realm.

>> we wanted to have a solution for embedded to though and APs
>> neither have nor can get GPS devices on them and GeoClue is a bit
>> of bloat for embedded as well. So we'll likely have to find an
>> alternative solution for embedded.b
>
> Hmm, you have "runtime" config in mind, I was more thinking of an
> administrative tool that is run just once and never again, unless
> the device gets moved. Yes, it needs more administration.

Same here actually.

 Luis