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| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index b37bd5a1cb82..2d384d041224 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -252,7 +252,15 @@ * %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX. * * @NL80211_CMD_GET_REG: ask the wireless core to send us its currently set - * regulatory domain. + * regulatory domain. If %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY is specified and the device + * has a private regulatory domain, it will be returned. Otherwise, the + * global regdomain will be returned. + * A device will have a private regulatory domain if it uses the + * regulatory_hint() API. Even when a private regdomain is used the channel + * information will still be mended according to further hints from + * the regulatory core to help with compliance. A dump version of this API + * is now available which will returns the global regdomain as well as + * all private regdomains of present wiphys (for those that have it). * @NL80211_CMD_SET_REG: Set current regulatory domain. CRDA sends this command * after being queried by the kernel. CRDA replies by sending a regulatory * domain structure which consists of %NL80211_ATTR_REG_ALPHA set to our |