On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Peter Stuge <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ GeoClue mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/geoclue
