On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-08-25 at 13:13 -0600, Ben Hildred wrote: > > Lets Throw out this crazy idea for consideration: Drop support for all > > countries. > > > > To start off this will not actually be completely possible because of > > broadcast regulations, but if you limit it to wireless networking (and > > other radio application) configuration, we can then define a country as a > > broadcast regulation scope. > [...] > > So far as I know, the installer doesn't configure the country for > wireless regulations. This is fine so long as you use Managed mode, as > the wireless stack can just follow whatever the AP says. (For other > modes, it might still be unnecessary as the wireless device normally > has a country code in NVRAM, besides which many countries share either > ETSI or FCC rules.) > > This only makes it easier as there are fewer regulatory regions, although there have been proposals to run-time configure regulatory compliance of wifi for travelers. Ben. > > -- > Ben Hutchings > One of the nice things about standards is that there are so many of > them. > > -- -- Ben Hildred Automation Support Services
