crda/crda-f4ef2531698fb9ba006e8b31a223b3269be8bc7c.patch
Ruediger Oertel 4ccf137d13 Accepting request 827383 from home:oertel:branches:hardware
- update to 4.14 and update home URL to use the github project
  - fix keys defined but not used error
- add patch from upstream
  crda-67f1e6ddbdfade357e234c9d58a30fe0a283fe60.patch
  - add URLs to README
- add patch from upstream
  crda-f4ef2531698fb9ba006e8b31a223b3269be8bc7c.patch
  - add legacy note to README
  - ## CRDA is no longer needed as of kernel v4.15

OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/827383
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/hardware/crda?expand=0&rev=35
2020-08-17 16:01:31 +00:00

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commit f4ef2531698fb9ba006e8b31a223b3269be8bc7c
Author: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Date: Wed Nov 21 17:07:45 2018 -0800
README: add legacy notice
As if kernel v4.15 CRDA is no longer needed. Annotate this. The
code will still be maintained to help older kernels.
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
diff --git a/README b/README
index 88f2623..7d39891 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,11 +3,17 @@
<https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/regulatory/crda>
This is the Central Regulatory Domain Agent for Linux. It serves one
-purpose: tell Linux kernel what to enforce. In essence it is a udev
-helper for communication between the kernel and userspace. You only
-need to run this manually for debugging purposes. For manual changing
-of regulatory domains use iw (iw reg set) or wpa_supplicant (feature
-yet to be added).
+purpose: tell Linux kernel what regulatory ruels to enforce for 802.11.
+
+CRDA is no longer needed as of kernel v4.15 since commit 007f6c5e6eb45
+("cfg80211: support loading regulatory database as firmware file") added
+support to use the kernel's firmware request API which looks for the
+firmware on /lib/firmware. Because of this CRDA is legacy software for
+older kernels. It will continue to be maintained.
+
+CRDA is a udev helper for communication between the kernel and userspace. You
+only need to run this manually for debugging purposes. For manual changing of
+regulatory domains use iw (iw reg set) or wpa_supplicant.
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