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Re: udeb for wireless-regdb?



On Mon, 2020-02-03 at 01:23 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> (2020-02-02):
> > Starting with Linux 5.5, we'll enable the kernel to directly load
> > wireless regulatory information.  I don't think it's that important in
> > the installer - wireless interfaces should be passively scannming for
> > APs and the APs should provide regulatory information.  That's why I
> > haven't thought of adding it to the installer previously.
> > 
> > However, now it would just be a case of adding two files for the kernel
> > to pick up.  So perhaps a udeb would be worthwhile?
> 
> Adding such a udeb (and maybe depending on it from kernel-image, or
> adding it to pkg-lists…) looks sane enough to me at first glance.

I think it would make sense to add it as a dependency of nic-wireless-
modules-di.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
If at first you don't succeed, you're doing about average.


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