Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:09:39 -0400 | From | "John W. Linville" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] wireless: fix regression caused by regulatory config option |
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On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:30:24AM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > From 9095a0f6005a8f50c79e51f4aaceda95e361a891 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> > Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:25:30 -0700 > Subject: [PATCH] wireless: fix regression caused by regulatory config option > > The default for the regulatory compatibility option is wrong; > if you picked the default you ended up with a non-functional wifi > system (at least I did on Fedora 9 with iwl4965). > I don't think even the October 2008 releases of the various distros > has the new userland so clearly the default is wrong, and also > we can't just go about deleting this in 2.6.29... > > Change the default to "y" and also adjust the config text a little to > reflect this.
Is it common practice to have compatibility options default to "y"? I'm not saying it shouldn't be, just wondering if it has been traditionally?
John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.
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