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 <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-03-24 21:21:07 -04:00
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ be removed from this file.
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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 <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
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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 <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
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